CITB distribute new £442,268 of funding of SME’s
The fund, which is part of CITB’s Flexible Fund, grants up to £5000 for levy payers with fewer than 50 employees, to provide skills and training to their workforce. To…
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Didcot A to be blown down to resume search of missing workers
The remaining boiler house at Didcot plant A will be blown down so the search can be resumed for of the bodies of the three men remaining buried at the…
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Excavator hit then run over worker crushing his foot
A construction company was sentenced today after a worker suffered crush injuries when he was hit and then run over by an excavator. Complete Demolition Ltd had been contracted to…
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43 construction workers died in UK last year
Provisional annual data for work-related fatal accidents in Great Britain’s workplaces has been released today has been revealed that Forty three workers died in construction, the same as the average for…
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Worker killed after fall through skylight on roof
Two companies based in Northamptonshire have been fined after a worker died following a fall through a roof. Northampton Crown Court heard how an employee of A-Lift Crane Hire Limited,…
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North Devon engineer undertook false gas safety checks
A gas engineer undertook gaswork despite his registration with Gas Safe Register (GSR) lapsing and produced false documents claiming the work had been completed by a member of Gas Safe…
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Plumber fitted boilers with no GAS Safe received suspended sentence
A man who fitted central heating boilers at two houses in Greater Manchester has received a suspended prison sentence, after he admitted he did not have the required safety registration…
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Worker struck by JCB on housing site
Workers on a construction site have spoken of their shock after a builder was hit by a JCB. Eyewitnesses looked on in horror as the man was reportedly hit by…
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CSCS card changes for trainees Managers and supervisors
CSCS has announced a series of changes to the process for obtaining Trainee, Supervisory and Manager cards as of 1st of August 2016. Trainee Cards From the new date only…
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Suspended prison sentence for gas fitter not on register
A gas fitter from Walsall has received a suspended prison sentence after he fitted a hob at a house in Tamworth when not on the Gas Safe Register. Alan Nicholas…
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