by Goldcross | Jan 16, 2024 | Accidents, Construction
A Kent scaffolding company has been fined and its director given a suspended prison sentence after a scaffolder suffered an 11,000-volt electric shock. Steven Gilmore, 36, was working for contractor Canterbury City Scaffolding Ltd alongside a small team of...
by Goldcross | Oct 9, 2023 | Construction
The Site Management Safety Training Scheme (SMSTS) course is considered a mandatory course for managers with health and safety responsibilities on the vast majority of construction sites in the United Kingdom (UK). It is not however an absolute legal requirement,...
by Goldcross | Oct 3, 2023 | Construction
A snapshot of good and bad practices of how workers’ exposure to dust is being managed and controlled on construction sites across Great Britain has been revealed. As part of its Business Plan, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) carried out more than 1,000...
by Goldcross | Apr 1, 2023 | Construction, Training
The Construction Skills Certificate Scheme (CSCS) has announced its plan to move all Industry Accreditation (IA) cardholders to a recognised qualification. You can find more information on the withdrawal of Industry Accreditation by visiting the CSCS website (External...
by Goldcross | Feb 21, 2023 | Accidents, Construction, General
A farmer has been fined £8k after a teenage worker suffered serious head injuries when a six-tonne dumper he was driving overturned. The 19-year-old and his friend, who was just 16, had been paid to move material as part of improvement works at Upper Kingswell Farm in...
by Goldcross | Jan 29, 2023 | Construction, General, Training
A building firm has been fined for a catalogue of health and safety failings that included two builders being lifted into the air by a digger. A photograph caught the moment a pair of workers stood in the bucket of a digger to fit a stone into the top of a new home in...
