by Goldcross | Oct 25, 2022 | Construction, General
A podcast for the construction industry has been launched this week by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). Supporting the Work Right Construction: Your Health. Your Future campaign, this new episode discusses the impact and the prevention of the serious aches,...				
					
			
					
											
								
							
					
															
					
					 by Goldcross | Oct 13, 2022 | Accidents, Construction, General
A Kent groundwork contractor has been fined after a worker sustained serious burns following petrol being thrown on a bonfire. On 24 June 2020, a 26-year-old groundworker employed by Kent County Surfacing Ltd was working on a new residential development in Ramsgate,...				
					
			
					
											
								
							
					
															
					
					 by Goldcross | Oct 3, 2022 | General, Training
This month we are giving our customers a chance to win a £299 training voucher! Importantly you don’t have to be an existing Goldcross customer, the draw is open to all – so whether you are: An existing; labourer, operator, tradesman, specialist, operative, supervisor...				
					
			
					
											
								
							
					
															
					
					 by Goldcross | Sep 29, 2022 | Construction, General
Lifting and moving heavy objects on construction sites is harming the health of thousands of brickies and builders to such a degree every aspect of their lives is affected. Experts at the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) are warning construction workers are picking...				
					
			
					
											
								
							
					
															
					
					 by Goldcross | Sep 6, 2022 | Accidents, Construction, General
Two companies and two people have been sentenced after an 18-year-old construction worker was fatally injured while working on a house-build construction site in Boston, Lincolnshire. P & R Plant Hire (Lincolnshire) Limited, D. Brown (Building Contractors)...				
					
			
					
											
								
							
					
															
					
					 by Goldcross | Aug 15, 2022 | Accidents, Construction, General
A carpentry and joinery company has been fined after a man working unsecured on the forks of a fork-lift truck fell 3.5 metres to the ground. On 14 June 2021, the man was working for Staircraft Group Limited at their head office site at Bayton Road Industrial Estate,...