Worker loses fingers on table saw
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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Heating engineers in court over asbestos
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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Mango store refurb safety blunders, see firm fined in court
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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Scaffolding firm fined after worker killed in fall
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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Gas installer jailed over shoddy gas work
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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Overloaded Scaffolding Truck tips over in china
Some one seriously should have a word with this numpty see how overloaded this scaffold truck is
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Colchester Gas engineer fined for not being Gas safe
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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Foriegn workers could claim top up wages from main contractors
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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Balfour Beatty worker dies while working on roads
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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CITB levy changes and skills shortages intensify in trade survey
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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