Worker dies after being hit by excavator bucket
A North Yorkshire construction company has been fined after a worker dies after being hit by excavator bucket struck on the head and killed by a 16-ton excavator. The tragic…
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Worlds largest excavator auction at Leeds
The auction business is lifting off in Leeds on the 11th and 8th March with the Euro Auction boasting the largest plant auction ever. Euro Auctions said: “This will be…
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Blue book construction workers to receive an extra £1 per Hour
Workers operating under the Blue Book agreement have accepted contractors’ offer of an extra £1 per hour cost of living increase but this does not nearly match inflation. Following a…
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Hinkley point images of nuclear reactor being moved to site emerge
Amazing images of the first nuclear reactors being moved to site in Somerset, which is the first reactor to be installed in the UK in the past thirty years. The…
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Worker fell five meters while installing roof light
A worker was seriously injured after he fell from approximately five meters the firm has fined after an employee fractured his back and ribs following a fall from a house…
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Timber and brick socks rise as housing sector slows
Brick and timber supplies are largely returning to normal after supplies chains were hit hard in the pandemic and after the crisis due to upsurge in demand. Bricks have started…
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Construction firm fined for un-fulshable toilet
A construction company has been taken to court and fined after it failed to provide suitable welfare facilities at a construction site in Belsize Park, North London. The East Sussex…
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Electrician died after falling from roof of building
A electrical firm has been fined £120,000 after a dad died following a fall from the roof of a building site after work was poorly planned. Father-of-one Dennis Vincent, 36,…
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Plumber jailed for illegal gas work
A plumber has been jailed after carrying out illegal gas installation on 81 year old’s property after she believed he was gas safe. Christopher Roland Shaw, who was also known…
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Companies fined after site had multiple HSE failings
Two companies have been fined £20,000 for a catalogue of health and safety failings at former bank being converted at building site inLondon Road Alderley Edge in the Cheshire village. The…
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