Roofing company fined £28,000 after worker fall
A roofing company has been fined after a worker suffered serious back injuries when he fell from a ladder whilst transporting a bucket full of broken tiles. Folkestone Magistrates’ Court…
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Category: Accidents in constuction
Carpenter seriously injured after lack of planning on site
A construction company has been fined after a self-employed joiner received serious eye injuries when he was struck in the face by an object while stepping onto a scaffold platform….
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Cable strike caused serious burns to workers
A company has been fined after failing to protect its self-employed workers from the risk of a cable strike explosion or electrocution whilst carrying out repairs at AVL Powertrain, Viggen…
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Ground worker set alight after cable strike firm fined
A groundworks contractor, G&R Groundworks (South East) Ltd, has been fined after an operative struck an underground electricity cable resulting in multiple serious burn injuries. Folkestone Magistrates’ Court heard that,…
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Man dies after climbing Dixon’s Chimney in Carslisle
A man has died after being stranded in the early hours of Monday morning hanging from his legs on top of the former cotton mill tower, it is not known…
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Carpenter falls while undoing trusses firm fined £65000
A Hitchin-based construction company has been sentenced after a carpenter sustained nerve and tissue damage to his lower back after a fall from height. Luton Magistrates’ Court heard on 2…
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10 month sentence after boss killed worker with excavator
Robert Harvey, sole director and employee of Front Row Builders Ltd has been sentenced after an employee, Nicholas Hall was crushed to death by an excavator bucket, which Harvey was…
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Cemex fined £1m for fatality in factory
Cemex UK Operations Limited has been fined £1m after a worker suffered fatal injuries when he was struck on the body by a centering machine lifting mast. Livingston Sheriff Court…
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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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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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