Electrician killed by falling concrete beams
Two associate companies have been fined after the death of a worker in London, killed when concrete joists fell on him. Electrician John Walker, who worked for 777 Environmental Limited,…
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Category: Accidents in constuction
Man loses foot in concrete pump
A concrete pumping company has been fined after a worker was injured when his foot got trapped by the paddles in the hopper of a concrete pump. The Health and…
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Worker killed by turning wind blade in Harwich
Two companies Siemens and Flour have been fined £650,000 over an accident with a wind turbine blade that left one man dead and seriously injured another. Danish worker Per Terp…
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Two men fall from telehandler
An agricultural services company was fined following an incident in which two workers were injured during construction work at a farm in Goxill, north Lincolnshire. Scunthorpe Magistrates’ Court heard two…
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Manslaughter summons after woman killed by falling glass
Four people and three companies have been summoned to Westminster Magistrate’s court over the death of a woman on a London fit out job in 2012 form falling glass pane….
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Worker seriously injured by falling boards on Balfour Beatty site
A construction worker on a Balfour Beatty site in Dorset was knocked out and seriously injured after being struck by falling boards being lifted by a crane. The half a…
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Plumber fined after causing massive explosion
A self-employed plumber has been fined for safety failings that led to an explosion at a domestic property in Cambrian Way, Haslingden. Burnley Magistrates’ Court heard how, in May 2014,…
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Workers hanging from their lives after lift fails
Two construction workers were left hanging on for their lives from an eighth floor ledge when a lift came away from the exterior of De Montfort University on Monday this…
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Worker loses fingers on table saw
Stroud Magistrates Court heard that on the 22 September 2014 agency worker, Egidijus Norkus, 44, was instructed to use the table saw by his supervisor to cut tongue and grove…
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Scaffolding firm fined after worker killed in fall
A Glasgow scaffolding firm has been fined after a roof worker fell nearly six metres to his death. James Baillie, 53, suffered serious head injuries after he fell through a…
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