Roofing Boss blown of roof suffers serious injuries
Three construction companies have been fined after the director of one of the firms received serious injuries after falling 11 metres when a gust of wind blew him off a…
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Category: Accidents in constuction
Apprentice bricklayer 18 fell 3m through stairwell
Construction company Trumax Building Ltd was sentenced today for safety breaches after an employee under the age of 18 fell 2.62 metres through a stairway opening at a site in…
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Two seriously injured when RRV backed into them
The extent to which drivers of road-rail vehicles can or cannot see the railway line in front of and behind them has been put in the spotlight by the Rail…
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Fabricated staircase slipped causing amputation of leg
A company specialising in the manufacture and installation of industrial staircases has been fined following an incident where a worker became trapped at a site on Fenchurch Avenue in London….
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Steel cylinder column falls 10 floors from Hackney school narrowly missing passers by
A huge cylindrical steel column fell from a ten-storey building in Hackney yesterday. The five metre cylindrical column crashed to the street below narrowly missing passing motorists. No-one was injured…
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Company director and two construction companies sentenced after worker falls from height
A company director has received a Community Service Order and two construction companies have been fined after a worker suffered life changing injuries following a fall from a scaffold tower…
Read MoreWorker killed by remote controlled crane
An electricity and gas utility company has today been fined after a worker was killed on Winslow Road in East Claydon. Aylesbury Crown Court heard how, on 18 November 2016,…
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Workers arm crushed in crusher company fined
Aggregate company MJB Excavations and Plant Hire Ltd has been sentenced for safety breaches after a worker suffered crush injuries to his arm. Leeds Magistrates court heard how, on 18…
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Polystyrene block falls from Digger bucket and breaks workers neck
A construction company has been fined more than £800,000 after a worker suffered three fractured vertebrae when he was hit on the head by a large expanded polystyrene block when…
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Builder sentenced after timber falls 3 floors on three year old
A self-employed builder has today been given a suspended jail sentence after a three-year-old girl suffered severe head injuries when a length of timber fell on her whilst being hoisted…
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