A specialist roofing contractor that cleaned roofs with jet washing and then painted over the tiles with roof paint has been fined after a health and safety inspector came across…
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Construction firm MWJ Construction Ltd and managing director Marcin Wojtas has received a suspended sentence after an employee suffered severe burns after using a grinder to decommission an old petrol…
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A company has been fined for failing to complete the correct asbestos survey at a domestic construction project. Salisbury Magistrates’ Court heard how, on 18 October 2017, there was a…
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HSE are carrying out a nationwide crackdown on dust and lung disease in the work place and at the same time making sure construction companies are COVID Secure. Health and safety…
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A maintenance contracting company has been fined £200,000 after a worker was crushed by a ride on roller and sustained serious injuries. Facilities management company, Totally Local Company Ltd, has…
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A water and wastewater company has been fined following an incident in which three workers were carried along a sewer following the collapse of a 150-year-old sewer gate. Westminster Magistrates’…
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A construction company has been fined for failing to comply with work at height regulations, placing employees at greater risk of injury. Westminster Magistrates’ Court heard that during an inspection…
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A construction company has today been fined after failing to ensure the safety and welfare of workers on site during the renovation of a property. Preston Magistrates’ Court heard how,…
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Unite, the UK and Ireland’s largest union, has today launched an online register to allow workers who have been exposed to silica dust to register their exposure, to assist with…
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A company providing specialised services in rock drilling, cliff stabilisation and rock anchors, and its director, have been sentenced after a number of workers were diagnosed with hand arm vibration…
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