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It’s Awards Season!

The UK government has rejected a petition calling for Donald Trump’s state visit invitation to be withdrawn.

It said it recognised the “strong views” expressed but looked forward to welcoming the US president once details have been arranged.

More than 1.8 million people signed the petition, which said a state visit would cause the Queen “embarrassment”.

A counter petition calling for the visit to go ahead attracted more than 309,000 signatures.

For more information on what happens during an official state visit, who decides who gets an invitation, and which other controversial world figures the Queen has hosted a state visit for, click here.

 

Sunday evening (12th Feb) saw the Grammy awards take place in LA and the BAFTA’s in London.

Beyoncé lead her peers with nine nominations while Drake, Rihanna, and Kanye West were all tied with eight. But Adele had the biggest win, taking home 5 Grammy awards. Click here for a full list of winners.

Meanwhile, the BAFTAs heard plenty of different political opinions whilst stars excepted their awards. You can view the full list of winners here.

 

 

In construction news this week…

Worker loses leg in rebar horror. A steel reinforcing specialist has been fined £277,000 after a worker had a leg amputated after being crushed at its Canvey Island plant.

Laing O’Rourke construction MD Paul Sheffield quits. Chairman Ray O’Rourke said that the business plans to 2020 were now complete and the group’s vision to 2025 was well advanced and would be ratified in May this year. He said: “Paul and I feel that now is an appropriate time for him to step off and make way for others currently in the business with longer horizons”. 

Plan for £49m Bristol music hall revamp. Bristol Music Trust has unveiled ambitious plans for the £49m revamp of the city’s Colston Hall into a world-class music hub.

 

In MECsafe news this week…

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MECsafe Limited are active on a number of social networking platforms Including Facebook, Twitter, Google + as well as the MECsafe Blog. All the latest H&S updates, relevant enforcement cases, MECsafe news and course availability etc will all be now uploaded to view on these online outlets. With all these platforms in place and information being easier to access than ever, we will no longer be uploading a Monthly Newsletter to the MECsafe website. To keep up to date on all the latest H&S news and updates please follow us on one of the below platforms or check back regularly to the Blog updates on our website;

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Harworth Pit Tower Demolition

The pit tower at the former Harworth colliery was knocked finally down today in the early morning after yesterdays failed attempts on knocking down the building.

Built in 1989, just seven years before the pit was mothballed, the tower is seen by drivers using the nearby A1.

June Evans, chairwoman of Harworth and Bircotes Town Council, said it marked the “end of an era”. It’s become an icon for everyone, a beacon when travelling back to Harworth, but we do need to move on,” Mrs Evans said.Opened in 1921, Harworth supplied coal to the Trent Valley power stations, hitting a production peak in the 1980s.

About 1,600 homes could be built, with a new primary school, sports facilities, open spaces and bus station on the 150 acre (607,028 sq meters) site.

A piece of land near Asda in Scrooby Road has been set aside for a memorial garden, with a stone displaying the names of miners killed in pit accidents during its operational years.

The most dramatic change in health and safety enforcement since 1974

The new sentencing guidelines apply to health and safety offences committed by organisations and individuals, as well as to corporate manslaughter and food safety/hygiene offences. They introduce a structured nine step approach that the Court. This involves plugging culpability and harm factors into a series of tables to reach recommended starting point fines, as well as ranges of fines above and below the starting points.

Click Link below to read more

November 2015 – Newsletter

Falling glass kills worker on Wates tower

A falling pane of glass from a water tower has killed a 51 Year old man working for a sub-contractor on a wates refurbishment job. It is understood that the victim was working on the top floor eastbourne terrace where wates is renovating the 18 storey Block. Click Here to read more.

CITB in Row over Changes to Levy Tactics

CITB have been accused off being sly with the new changes to the levy payments.

Around 16% Of Firms will see their levy bills increase in 2017. Contractors are already warning that will start from this April. There has been a lot of controversy surrounding this matter;

One construction boss spoke out saying: “The CITB is obviously sensitive about this issue and has been pretty sneaky in the way it has worded all this.”

Click Here to read more.