A worker has been rescued from a four meter trench
A worker has been saved from a trench on a construction site next to the Blackwall Tunnel approach the man was trapped up to his chest. Specially-trained fire officers battled…
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Category: Accidents in constuction
Worker crushed to death while loading excavator grab
Erith Plant Services Limited in Kent has been fined £175,000 following the death of an 24 year old employee after a tragic accident. Liam McArdle, from Gravesend, was fatally crushed…
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Firm fined after worker struck head and died moving MWP
An engineering and services company has been fined following the death of a subcontractor working at a hospital in Scotland. Alistair Hutton was working on the Baird Family Hospital in…
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Firm fined after perfect son was hit and killed by excavator
A demolition and asbestos removal company from Hertfordshire has been fined after an employee was crushed to death while only in his first few months of work. James Rourke was…
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Worker dies after falling through unguarded scaffold
A worker has died after falling through the unguarded scaffolding while working hanging vertical tiles, he was treated for serious injuries in hospital but he later died from his injuries,…
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Firm fined after worker falls 7 m through fragile roof
A construction firm from Leicestershire has been fined £80,000 after an employee suffered serious injuries falling through a fragile roof while carrying out a repair. Cairns Heritage Homes Limited employed…
Read More18 year old construction worker dies after being run over
Two construction companies and two directors have been fined after an 18 year old was run over while working near a manhole on a new housebuilding site in Boston Lincolnshire….
Read MoreDazzling sunlight causes MEWP crash into RRV
A report into an accident that involved two road rail vehicles has revealed that the driver had ben blinded by sunlight just before the accident took place which caused life…
Read MoreCivil’s firm fined £600k after child dies in drainage pipe
Conley Thompson who was seven at the time went missing from home on the morning of 26 July 2015 and was found the next morning by workers at the construction…
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Electrician’s suffer serious burns at mine
Two electricians suffered serious burns in separate incidents the mining company has been fined £3.6 million. The owners of Boulby Mine in Saltburn-by-the-Sea were fined £3.6 million and ordered to…
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