Workers arm crushed in crusher company fined
Aggregate company MJB Excavations and Plant Hire Ltd has been sentenced for safety breaches after a worker suffered crush injuries to his arm. Leeds Magistrates court heard how, on 18…
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Category: Accidents in constuction
Polystyrene block falls from Digger bucket and breaks workers neck
A construction company has been fined more than £800,000 after a worker suffered three fractured vertebrae when he was hit on the head by a large expanded polystyrene block when…
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Builder sentenced after timber falls 3 floors on three year old
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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Electrician suffers brain damage after falling from height
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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Mini digger lands on cherry picker while being lowered in shaft
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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Worker killed during concrete pumping at Felixstowe Docks
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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Construction company fined after wall collapsed on home owner
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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Plasterer falls from height suffered fractures to his wrists, ribs, eye sockets, skull and nose
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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Carpenter struck in face by steel beam
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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Roofing cladder falls 10 meters through factory roof
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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