Building company fined after worker falls through skylight
A building company has been fined after pleading guilty to an accident that caused a 55 year old employee fell through a skylight roof. The company were fined £66000 of…
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Category: Construction accidents
Falling glass kills worker on Wates job
It has been reported that a man died while working on a large office block of 18-storey refurbishment in London on the 8/05/15 after a large pane of glass was dropped which…
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Worker was crushed by a falling section of conveyor at a plant
Shaw Group UK Ltd and three other construction companies have been fined after a worker was crushed by a falling section of conveyor at a plant at Sleaford Renewable Energy plant….
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Van driver accused of killing worker while on ebay
A van driver has been accused of being killing a road worker when he was on ebay on his phone. Exeter Crown Court heard that Anthony Tompkins was driving at…
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Plasterer breaks back in fall
A contractor from Cheshire has been fined after a plasterer fell and broke his back while fitting plasterboard in a six bedroomd house. The main contractor CB Homes Ltd was…
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Wates crane jib collapse
A worker was injured when a crane jib collapsed on Wates Living Space job for Your Homes Newcastle in Cruddas Park when a cable gave way the accident happened when…
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Worker injured on BAM Nuttall Cardiff station job
A construction worker in his 40s was airlifted the University Hospital of Wales on Tuesday after suffering “crush injuries” and severe blood loss after an accident involving a brick grab….
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Pulley fall sees a scaffolder get suspended jail term
Pulley fall sees a scaffolder get suspended jail term after it struck a worker on the head form a height of seven meters. 27-year-old Mark Jones, from Darlaston, was installing…
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Construction worker dies from fall from pier
A construction worker has died after he has fallen from the fire-damaged Eastbourne Pier . Sussex Police commented: “Emergency services were called shortly after 4pm to reports that a man…
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Steel falls from height to seriously injure workers
Two workers were left with broken bones but escaped with their lives after being struck by a length of steel that fell from nine floors above them. Ryan Smith, 31,…
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