North West company fined after two workers fall from height

27 July 2018 Email this article

A Manchester-based principal contractor has been sentenced for safety breaches after two workers both fell when working from height. Leeds Crown Court heard how, on 3 October 2014, the two subcontracted joiners were working on the refurbishment and construction of new build dwellings at the former Wharfedale Hospital in Otley, West Yorkshire. They were working in the bell tower at the site on a ... more

North Lincolnshire company fined after worker injured in fall from height

27 July 2018 Email this article

A Scunthorpe-based roofing contractor has been fined £53,000 for safety breaches after a worker suffered numerous fractures following a fall through a fragile roof. Grimsby Magistrates court heard how, between 11 September 2016 and 1 October 2016, the employee of Broadley Roofing Ltd was working on a roof while the company were carrying out external refurbishment of the warehouse of a fo ... more

Milton Keynes firm fined after worker falls from height

27 July 2018 Email this article

A Milton Keynes-based company has been fined £1,200 and ordered to pay costs of £923.75 after an employee was injured when he fell from a roof. Reading Magistrates’ Court heard how, on 16 March 2017, an employee of Bailey Roofing (MK) was laying roof felt when he fell 8 metres from an unprotected edge. The worker suffered a fractured skull as a result. An investigation by th ... more

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27 July 2018 Email this article

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CITB research highlights

2 July 2018 Email this article

New research from the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) has shown that recognising and boosting skills transferability needs to be part of the strategy for meeting the construction sector’s skills needs. And the report, ‘Construction and Built Environment: Skills Transferability in the UK’, found there will an even bigger need “to boost skills transferabilit ... more

IPAF updates its global emergency lowering sticker

2 July 2018 Email this article

The International Powered Access Federation (IPAF) has confirmed it has updated one of its most widely used global safety stickers for use on Mobile Elevating Work Platforms (MEWPs) – launching a redesign of the sticker that is applied to machines to indicate where the auxiliary ground controls are located in case of emergency. Discussing the change, Andrew Delahunt, IPAF’s Techn ... more

CSCS to withdraw 100,000 Visitor cards

2 July 2018 Email this article

The Construction Skills Certification Scheme (CSCS) is taking the next step towards ensuring that all CSCS cardholders achieve a qualification, by withdrawing the Construction Site Visitor card. The card was originally introduced for workers who often did not perform a construction role but visited site on a regular basis. CSCS has consulted with the industry to agree a plan that will pave t ... more

CITB funding to train nearly 2,500 mental health first aiders for construction by 2020

2 July 2018 Email this article

The CITB has announced it has committed £500,000 to train 156 construction workers as mental health first aid instructors, improving the mental health and wellbeing of the British construction industry. The funding has been awarded to Building Mental Health - an industry initiative including Lendlease, Mace, Multiplex, Morgan Sindall and Laing O’Rourke via CITB’s Flexible ... more

ARCA now issuing Supervisor CSCS Cards

1 July 2018 Email this article

The Asbestos Removal Contractors Association (ARCA) has announced that it will be making available Asbestos Removal Supervisor CSCS cards under the ARMI Skills Card Scheme. Temporary Red cards and 5-year Asbestos Removal Supervisor Gold cards, are now available from ARCA, both as physical and virtual smartcards. The Asbestos Removal Supervisor (Trained) red card is valid for three years ... more

RoofCert accreditation available from the National Federation of Roofing Contractors

1 July 2018 Email this article

In a bid to combat unskilled and unexperienced people putting themselves and others in danger while completing roofing work, the National Federation of Roofing Contractors is working in partnership with the CITB to develop an accreditation programme. In a move helped to professionalise the roofing industry, RoofCert accreditation will prove that a contractor has the competency to carry ou ... more

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North West company fined after two workers fall from height

North Lincolnshire company fined after worker injured in fall from height

Milton Keynes firm fined after worker falls from height

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CITB research highlights

IPAF updates its global emergency lowering sticker

CSCS to withdraw 100,000 Visitor cards

CITB funding to train nearly 2,500 mental health first aiders for construction by 2020

ARCA now issuing Supervisor CSCS Cards

RoofCert accreditation available from the National Federation of Roofing Contractors

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