Building company fined after worker fell through skylight
A building company has been fined after a roof worker fell about three and a half metres through an unprotected skylight opening. Coventry Magistrates’ Court heard that on 6 June…
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Category: Accidents in constuction
Trainee carpenter loses thumb and index finger firm fined £50000
Masher Brothers Limited was sentenced after a trainee worker suffered life-changing injuries when his hand was caught in a rip saw. Westminster Magistrates’ Court heard that on 20 February 2018,…
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Grab hire lorry impales drivers arm firm fined
Hafeez Ghafoor, formerly a director of the now-dissolved landscaping company R K United Ltd, has been sentenced for safety breaches after a worker suffered life changing injuries. Leeds Crown Court…
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Crane chain breaks on Robertson hotel job
A huge crane has seen one of its chains break while lifting a large module on the 213-room Moxy Hotel in Glasgow. The chain failure occured as a prefabricated module was…
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Roofer dies after falling from unsafe ladder
An Aberdeen based roofing contractor has been fined after an employee fell to his death from a ladder while exiting a scaffold at Jute Street in the city. Aberdeen Sheriff…
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PDR Construction fined £225,000 for KFC roof fall
Two companies, P.D.R. Construction Limited and Metcalfe Roofing & Building Services Limited, have been fined after a worker fell through a fragile mesh roof whilst carrying out work at height….
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Security guards hand severed after helping digger driver
A groundworks company has been fined after a security guard suffered serious hand injuries. Bristol Magistrates’ Court heard how on 17 November 2017 at the site on Ableton Lane in…
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Surgeons save carpenters hand after he cuts it off with chop saw
A carpenter had cut off his thumb and index finger with a chop saw and brought to a plastic surgeons at St George’s Hospital in Tooting where they reattached a…
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Worker killed in £40m Scotland cinema build
A construction worker was killed on the St Enoch Centre site in Glasgow yesterday. A Police Scotland spokesperson said: “A 43-year-old man has died after sustaining serious injuries while working…
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Clancy Docwra fined after worker struck and another killed by excavator
A construction company and one of its employees have been sentenced for health and safety breaches after another worker was struck by an excavator and was killed. Southwark Crown Court…
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