Provisional annual data for work-related fatal accidents in Great Britain’s workplaces has been released today has been revealed that Forty three workers died in construction, the same as the average for…
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Two companies based in Northamptonshire have been fined after a worker died following a fall through a roof. Northampton Crown Court heard how an employee of A-Lift Crane Hire Limited,…
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A stonemasonry company in Perth has been fined after an apprentice stonemason was seriously injured from contact with an overhead power line. Perth Sheriff Court heard how 20 year old…
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A worker has fallen 13 metres after the roof collapsed in a new section of Watford FC Vicarage Road stadium which is under refurbishment. The emergency services have closed Vicarage…
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British Telecom plc (BT) has been fined £500,000 after an engineer fell seven metres from a loft in London, breaking his back and his ankles. The Old Bailey heard how…
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A Chippenham man has died after being injured by a dumper truck in Cirencester east Gloucestershire. The 29-year-old construction worker, who has been named as Shaun Carter, is understood to…
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HGV drivers are frequently putting lives at risk by not following basic safety procedures when coupling and uncoupling vehicles, the Health and Safety Executive warned today. The workplace health and…
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A Birmingham maintenance company has been fined after a worker died as a result of falling from the roof of a five-storey building. Birmingham Crown Court heard how H20 Plumbing…
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The building site worker had to be airlifted to Royal Stoke University Hospital after the incident with a ‘large tracked excavator’ the incident happened at a site in Corporation Street,…
Read MoreA 60-year-old construction worker has been killed after being hit by the boom of crane he was directing on the Queensferry Crossing project in Scotland. The ongoing dangers in the construction…
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