A construction firm has been sentenced for safety failings after four workers were injured, one of them seriously, when a roof truss in a new extension collapsed during construction causing several others to fall. Four men working on the extension were caught in the collapse at premises in Brandon …
A kitchen fitter left a gas pipe in a dangerous state in a customer’s home, while falsely claiming to be a registered gas engineer. Matthew Heath removed the kitchen hob in September 2014 but failed to cap the remaining gas pipe, meaning potentially lethal gas could fill the home in …
Landlords will be required by law to install working smoke and carbon monoxide alarms in their properties, under measures announced by Housing Minister Brandon Lewis. The move will help prevent up to 26 deaths and 670 injuries a year. The measure is expected to take effect from October 2015, and …
New HSE regulations – Construction Design Management introduced 6th April 2015 – CDM 2015 Are you a builder, plumber or other tradesman, doing small-scale routine work such as: Installing a kitchen or bathroom. Structural alterations, e.g. chimney breast removal. Roofing work, including dormer windows. Extension or loft conversion. Under …
A farming company was fined £2,000 and ordered to pay costs of £483 after the fiancée of one of the company directors sustained life-changing head injuries when she lost control of an all-terrain vehicle (ATV) at one of GNB Farm Ltd’s mid-Devon Farms. The director’s fiancée was hospitalised for …
Cunningham Safety Consultants (CSC) are pleased to announce today their acceptance as a Hinkley Point C service provider to EDF Energy and interested main contractors.
The government is making it easier for small and medium sized businesses to win public sector contracts The public sector spends £187 billion each year on goods and services, and the Government wants to work with more small and medium sized businesses (SMEs). We know SMEs offer value for …
A partner in a building and roofing company has been fined after a worker plunged nearly six metres to the ground falling through a fragile roof light and sustaining multiple injuries. Przemyslaw Borkiewicz, 24, of Mutley, Plymouth, was carrying out the work at the Evans Halshaw garage in Saltash on …
Subject to Parliamentary approval, new Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015 (CDM 2015) will come into force on 6 April 2015. The Construction (Design and Management) Regulations (CDM Regulations) are intended to ensure that health and safety issues are properly considered during a project’s development so that the risk of …
