New HSE guidance on Silica exposure
Silica exposure has long been known to be a serious risk to workers HSE has now released new updated guidance to firms who are involved on the cutting and shaping…
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Jib rates for Electricians and plumbers 2022
Nationaltradesmen.co.uk has been looking at current JIB rates for electricians and plumbers following not of interest in our 2021 roundup of rates. The rates which include apprentices and other As of…
Read More18 year old construction worker dies after being run over
Two construction companies and two directors have been fined after an 18 year old was run over while working near a manhole on a new housebuilding site in Boston Lincolnshire….
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Roofing firm fined after worker died after falling from roof
A roofing firm has been fined after an employee fell off a roof ladder and died at the scene, Vanguard roofing was fined and the director was sent to prison…
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Worker jumps of scaffold onto insulation board that covers stairwell
A timber Gluelam making company that is based in Devon has been fined £80,000 after an employee fell through a stairwell while working on a barn conversion. The 49-year-old driver…
Read MoreDazzling sunlight causes MEWP crash into RRV
A report into an accident that involved two road rail vehicles has revealed that the driver had ben blinded by sunlight just before the accident took place which caused life…
Read MoreMiners start Hs2 cross tunnels under chilterns
The construction of the longest tunnels for the HS2 project stretching for 10 miles under the Chilterns has started a new phase with the tunnelling of the cross tunnels that…
Read MoreCivil’s boss banned after taking £200,000 in bounce back loans
Stephen Burke, 63, from Rotherham overstated four companies accounts and has been disqualified as a director for 11 years after he took £200,000 off taxpayers’ money through the Bounce Back…
Read MoreM&M crane hire goes into administration
The specialist crane hire M&M has called in the administrators after it could not cope with the rising costs of business with the government being blamed for the change from…
Read MoreHs2 green tunnel segments have defects
Issues have been found with the massive precast concrete segments being used to build a new HS2 “green tunnel” in Northamptonshire. Nationaltradesmen.co.uk has learnt that tests are being performed on…
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