An international construction firm has been sentenced after admitting multiple safety issues at a Manchester site where it was carrying out a shop refurbishment. Betcat International Limited is based in…
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A Glasgow scaffolding firm has been fined after a roof worker fell nearly six metres to his death. James Baillie, 53, suffered serious head injuries after he fell through a…
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A gas installer has been jailed after carrying out dangerous and illegal work at two homes in Hertfordshire. Shane Wyatt, from Buntingford, trading as S & J Plumbing and Heating,…
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Some one seriously should have a word with this numpty see how overloaded this scaffold truck is
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An unregistered gas engineer has been fined after working unlawfully on a boiler at domestic premises in Colchester. Colchester Magistrates Court heard that Derek Ringe, 64, serviced and repaired a…
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Foreign workers who work for wages underneath the going rate could soon be able to claim top up wage claims from any foreign EU subcontractors they have worked for. A…
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A fatal accident has occurred on a motorway involving a young road worker who was working for Balfour Beatty Surrey police and the HSE have been informed of the accident. A…
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An on going skills shortage is reaching crisis point according to the latest survey of SME construction firms. At the Federation of Master Builders’ Q2 2015 State of Trade Survey,…
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A Darwen firm have appeared in court after one of their employees, Graham Readfern (56 yrs old from Bacup), died after falling from the roof of a partly completed loft…
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Introduction: HSE has become aware that a number of manufacturers/suppliers are marketing an extendable scaffold loading bay gate that does not satisfy legal requirements or applicable standards when in some…
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