Mark Smith fell eleven feet through an unguarded loft hatch. He has not been back to work since. The company was fined £20,000. Then they sacked him.
No law requires you to hold a CSCS card. But try getting on a commercial site without one. Here is what the law actually says, which card you need, and where the industry is heading.
Start time is 7am. Arrive at 6:45. Here is everything they will not brief you on before you walk through that gate for the first time.
Your job is not safe. Not from robots with arms. Not from some Hollywood terminator. From your boss, who read a LinkedIn post at
The wake up call nobody at work is going to give you.
We went dark. The world kept moving. Here is what we came back with.
Tinnitus from construction work starts quietly and grows louder. Here is what causes it, what the law requires, and what workers who already have it can do.
For those who carry the ringing long after the shift ends. Don’t go deaf on the construction site: Understanding Construction Site Hearing Loss
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