by Goldcross | Jan 30, 2021 | Accidents, Construction, General
A company has been fined after a worker was fatally injured by steelwork, which fell from a telehandler forklift truck during loading. Chelmsford Magistrates’ Court heard how on 4 April 2019, an employee of South East Galvanizers Limited had visited PCR Steel Ltd at...
by Goldcross | Jan 28, 2021 | Accidents, Construction
A scaffolding company has been fined after scaffolding collapsed across the entrance to the car park of Coventry Skydome. Coventry Magistrates’ Court heard how, on 3 March 2020, scaffolding, which was approximately 13 metres in length and four metres high and had been...
by Goldcross | Jan 22, 2021 | Accidents, Construction
The director of a construction company has been handed a suspended jail sentence after a subcontractor who was working for them was injured as a result of a stack of plasterboards toppling over on a construction site in: Thames Ditton, Surrey. Mr Siamak Samyani, the...
by Goldcross | Dec 16, 2020 | Accidents, Construction
A roofing contractor has been fined after a health and safety inspector came across two workers jet washing a steeply pitched roof on a house without adequate protection. Manchester Magistrates’ Court heard that on 5 December 2019, a HSE inspector observed the...
by Goldcross | Dec 14, 2020 | CITB, Construction
Site Safety Plus certificate expiry During the COVID-19 crisis, CITB provided a grace period for delegates whose SMSTS/SSSTS achievement had expired after 15 March 2020. The last updated grace period allowed delegates who were unable to access a refresher course...
by Goldcross | Nov 26, 2020 | Construction, General
As reported on Building.co.uk – the Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, made a number of statements in his drive to stimulate the recovery from covid-19 that will impact the construction sector in yesterday’s spending review. These included increased commitments for...
