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Construction Safety Update

Unit 29, Blythe Park, Cresswell Lane, Cresswell, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, ST11 9RD Tel:  01782 388672   mail@constructionsafety.org.uk.  www.constructionsafety.org.uk Happy New Year to all old and new clients. Construction Safety saw several changes and developments within our company towards the end of 2022. This bulletin is to update you on the changes and future oppurtunities the […]

DUMPERS/MOBILE PLANT AND VEHICLES GUIDANCE – CONSTRUCTION COMPANY FINED AFTER DUMPER TRUCK OVERTURNS AND FATALLY INJURES WORKER

A leading construction company has been fined following an incident in which a worker was killed when a dumper truck overturned. The court heard that in October 2016, a groundworker working for the construction company, was manoeuvring a 9T front tipping dumper truck on a spoil heap to offload top soil. He lost control of […]

THE IMPORTANCE OF MAINTAINING TRAINING RECORDS

This year two cases brought before the court illustrated how the availability of training and other records can influence the likelihood of a prosecution after an accident. In August 2019 Volvo Group UK was fined £13,333 after it pleaded guilty to breaching s.2(1)Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 (HSWA). The charges followed an […]