Benefits of Completing the SMSTS Training Course
The SMSTS (Site Management Safety Training Scheme) course provides invaluable knowledge and skills for anyone working in a construction management...
Construction company fined after worker killed by an excavator
A North Yorkshire construction company has been fined after a worker was struck on the head and killed by a 16-ton excavator. On 13 January 2021,...
Company director fined after falsifying documents
A company director has been fined £5,000 after he falsified asbestos removal documents while his firm worked on a block of flats in Brighton....
Company fined and director receives suspended prison sentence after scaffolder suffers electric shock
A Kent scaffolding company has been fined and its director given a suspended prison sentence after a scaffolder suffered an 11,000-volt electric...
SMSTS Online Courses: Whats The Difference?
The Site Management Safety Training Scheme (SMSTS) course is considered a mandatory course for managers with health and safety responsibilities on...
Respiratory Risks in 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...
CITB Grant increases from 1 April 2023
The Construction Skills Certificate Scheme (CSCS) has announced its plan to move all Industry Accreditation (IA) cardholders to a recognised...
Company Fined after employee died while loading lorry
An East Yorkshire garden landscaping company has been fined £600,000 after an employee died while loading a lorry. Brian White, 59, was working for...
Exeter farmer fined after teenage worker injured on dumper
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...
Building firm fined for multiple failings that included workers being lifted by a digger
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...
Kier hit with £4.4m safety fine
Civil engineering firm Kier has been fined more than £4m after its workers twice struck overhead powerlines while working on the M6 motorway causing...
Building firm fined after worker hurt falling through collapsed floor
A building company has been fined £66,667 after a worker was injured when a floor that was under construction collapsed. The Lusson Ltd worker was...