A lift has failed at a Laing O’Rourke site in Liverpool, the Mersey Police confirmed that a 53 year old man has lost his life after the external lift malfunctioned and…
Read MoreTwo 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…
Read MoreA 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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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 MoreA 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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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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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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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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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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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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