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...
by Goldcross | Nov 1, 2022 | Construction, General, Training
A building contractor has been fined £600,000 and its director has been ordered to complete 100 hours of unpaid work and fined £4,200 following serious and repeated failings in managing the risk of fire during work at a construction site. In January 2018 the Health...
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 | Jul 30, 2022 | Construction, General, Railway, Training
This month we are giving you a chance to get your SMSTS training course absolutely free! Importantly you don’t have to be an existing Goldcross customer, the draw is open to all – so whether you are: An existing; tradesman, specialist, operative, supervisor or manager...
by Goldcross | Jul 21, 2022 | Accidents, Construction, General, Railway, Training
The Mineral Products Association (MPA) has launched a number of new resources, available to all, after identifying ‘Working at Height’ as one of the ‘Fatal 6’. As reported in the HSE statics there were 35 deaths attributed to falls from height in 2021/22 and they...
by Goldcross | Apr 1, 2022 | General, Training
Ventilation, protective equipment and appropriate guarding are some of the measures businesses should consider as Britain’s workplace regulator is carrying out inspections to protect the respiratory health of workers. From April, health and safety inspectors across...