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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Category: Accidents in constuction
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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Plasterer falls twice from unsafe platform firm fined
Stan England Builders Limited has been fined following an incident when a worker suffered serious injuries after falling from a mezzanine level and wooden platform. Aberdeen Sheriff Court heard that…
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Roofer fell through fragile roof company fined £20000
A company specialising in roofing work has been fined after a self-employed roofer was seriously injured when he fell from a roof. Edinburgh Sheriff Court heard that, on 1 September…
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Teenager falls through roof light firm fined
A construction firm has been fined after a 17-year-old worker fell more than three metres through an opening for a roof light. Cheltenham Magistrates’ Court heard that, on 20 August…
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Two companies fined after tank explodes on demo site and worker killed
Materials Movement Ltd and P J Labour Services Ltd have been fined after a worker was killed in an explosion at a demolition site. Westminster Magistrates’ Court heard how, on…
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Roofer fell six meters firm fined £60000
A roofing contractor has been fined after an employee fell six metres from a fragile roof with no fall protection. Basingstoke Magistrates’ Court heard that on 21 June 2017, a…
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Construction company fined after worker killed during demolition work
A construction company was fined half a million pounds after a father-of-two was killed when a re-enforced concrete slab collapsed underneath him during a demolition project. Southwark Crown Court heard…
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Worker dies after being trapped under overturned digger
A 23-year-old worker was killed on a student accommodation site in Lincoln on Thursday 9th of January. The victim was working for Chesterfield-based groundworks subcontractor Melfort Construction Services on the…
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