Air conditioning unit fell of roof and hit roofer
Two construction firms have been fined after an air conditioning unit fell from a roof seriously injuring a worker below. Southwark Crown Court heard that on 10 November 2017 three…
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Category: Accidents in constuction
120 tonne bridge beam falls on road
A massive concrete beam has fallen onto a road in Leeds after being lifted onto a low loader transport trailer that toppled over. The beam was being lifted at Balfour…
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Demo company fined after worker trapped by neck on cherry picker
A demolition company has been fined £200,000 after one of its workers was removing asbestos sheets the operator of the articulated boom type cherry picker became trapped between the vehicle…
Read MoreWorker dies at Brymor construction site
A construction worker has died on a new housing development at the Basingstoke building site has been named by friends as Scott Grimes. The emergency services were called to Wiltshire Crescent,…
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Dryliner falls through hole in floor firm fined £140,0000
Two construction companies have been fined after a worker sustained serious injuries by falling approximately three metres through a hole cut into a floor during the refurbishment of a property…
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Worker killed after steel balcony falls from forklift
A steel fabrication firm has been fined after a large steel balcony was being lifted by a fork lift telehandler, the company has been fined £50,000 and ordered to pay…
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Worker broke pelvis after being crushed by plasterboard
The boss of a construction company has been sentenced after a worker under his direction suffered serious injuries when a stack of plasterboards fell on him at a site in…
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Excavator driver’s leg broken after pipe laying goes wrong
A groundworks firm has been fined after an employee was injured when he was struck by a metal bow shackle whilst laying a sewer pipe. Luton Magistrates’ Court heard that…
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Crane hire firm fined £220,000 after apprentice nearly killed
A crane hire company has been fined £220,000 after an apprentice avoided a potentially fatal crush injury from a mobile crane which lurched forward while the boom was being lifted. During…
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Van Elle pilling rig topples over on housing site
A pilling ring has toppled over on a site in Renfrewshire and work has been suspended while the incident is being investigated. The Van Elle pilling ring which is on the Bishopton development…
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