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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Category: Accidents in constuction
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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Petrol tank decommissioning with grinder lands boss in court
Construction firm MWJ Construction Ltd and managing director Marcin Wojtas has received a suspended sentence after an employee suffered severe burns after using a grinder to decommission an old petrol…
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Chelsea mega mansion collapsed while basement being built (Video)
Two huge multi-million terraced homes collapsed in west London on Monday night during work to create a “mega basement”. During the work that went seriously wrong, 40 people were evacuated…
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Pressure washer is dropped 29 floors from sky scraper
Site mangers wondering how on earth a 500 L pressure washer was dropped from sun a height, the heavy load was dropped from the top floor of John Sisk’s Broad…
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Builder fined £5000 after worker received brain damage after fall from height
Brebner and Williamson Limited has been fined following an incident where John Niven, a self-employed subcontractor fell 15 feet from a youngman board, which had been used to create a…
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Company fined £1.1 m after worker fell from ladder
A London-based relocation and refurbishment company has been fined after a worker was seriously injured when he fell from height from a ladder the firm was fined £1.1m Luton Crown…
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