Top ten news stories on nationaltradesmen.co.uk in 2016
Its been an eventful 2016 with lots of political turmoil and many surprises so we have complied a top ten news stories (by number of views) on nationaltradesmen.co.uk in 2016. So…
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Month: December 2016
Suspended sentence for employee working at dangerous height
An employee of a steel erection firm has been sentenced at Manchester Magistrates Court after admitted working unsafely at height on a hotel development in central Manchester. Manchester Magistrates Court…
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Two Essex based companies fined after Asbestos exposure
Two Essex-based companies have been fined after exposing workers to potentially deadly asbestos over a period of years, despite knowing of its presence, in units that they occupied in Manor…
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Three firms fined after worker broke leg in trench collapse
Three companies have been sentenced today (19 December 2016) in Lincoln Crown Court after a worker’s leg was broken in six places when a trench which he was working in…
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Romanian websites still selling CPCS theory answers
Romanian websites are still selling answers to CPCS tests according to the CITB fraud investigation team. Th tests are taken as part of construction’s plant operator skills card scheme in…
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Building company fined for risk of carbon monoxide
A building company and its director have been fined for breaching Gas Safety law after putting a childminder and children in her care at risk of carbon monoxide poisoning. Plastic…
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CITB Chief resigns after less than three years
CITB’s chief excutive has resigned after less than three years in the job after continued scrutiny Adrian Belton who was chief executive at the training body, which is now subject to a…
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Company and Director fined after Multiple Safety Failings on Construction Site
A construction company and its Managing Director have been prosecuted for operating an unsafe construction site during the conversion of a building in Bollington. Manchester and Salford Magistrates’ Court heard…
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Two companies fined after basement collapse
Two London based construction companies were prosecuted after a Health and Safety Executive (HSE) inspection identified serious safety breaches on a double basement construction project. Westminster Magistrates Court heard that…
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London Underground fined £500,000 after worker fell 9.5 meters
A London underground worker suffered several injuries, spending ten days in hospital after a 9.5m fall from a tower scaffold while cleaning a former lift shaft just over two years ago….
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