A self-employed builder has today been given a suspended jail sentence after a three-year-old girl suffered severe head injuries when a length of timber fell on her whilst being hoisted…
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A company, two directors and a self-employed contractor have been sentenced and fined after an electrician fell two storeys through an unprotected stairwell. Manchester and Salford Magistrates Court heard how,…
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A digger has landed on a cherry picker while being loaded into a shaft at the Tideway site in Greenwich the mini excavator was dropped down a shaft landing on an…
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An Essex-based company has today been fined following the death of concrete worker Garry Louis at a dockside apron-upgrade project on the Port of Felixstowe. Chelmsford Crown Court heard how R….
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A building company has been sentenced after a wall collapsed on a home owner. Manchester Magistrates’ Court heard how on 1 May 2018, Stephen Farnell trading as Farnell Building Contractors…
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A plastering contractor has been fined after a self-employed plasterer fell from height during the construction of a house. On 16 May 2019 Peterborough Magistrates’ Court heard that on 9…
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A carpenter has been struck in the face by a steel beam, the house building company has been fined after a sub-contracted worker suffered serious facial injuries when working on…
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Principal contractor Weiser Construction Ltd and Complete Cladding Systems Ltd were both sentenced for safety breaches after a worker suffered life changing injuries. Leeds Magistrates’ Court heard how, on 4…
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A Lincolnshire construction company has been sentenced after an employee received serious injuries from falling through a fragile roof. Boston Magistrates’ Court heard how on 2 May 2017 an employee…
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A construction worker has been killed tragically killed during a wall collapse at a school in Bath. The victim is believed to have been working on an extension to the…
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