New figures obtained by construction union UCATT indicate that false self-employment and casualisation grew in the construction industry last year. A freedom of information request revealed that the number of…
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Two construction workers were left hanging on for their lives from an eighth floor ledge when a lift came away from the exterior of De Montfort University on Monday this…
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Two cranes employed to restore a bridge in the Dutch town of Alphen aan den Rijn have collapsed on to buildings. Amateur video shows the cranes trying to hoist a…
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Stroud Magistrates Court heard that on the 22 September 2014 agency worker, Egidijus Norkus, 44, was instructed to use the table saw by his supervisor to cut tongue and grove…
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A Stockport heating engineering firm were sentenced after two of its engineers were exposed to asbestos while working at a Manchester school. Trafford Magistrates’ Court heard Flueclean were contracted to…
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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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