Concrete pour goes wrong and spills on M6
Highways Agency engineers have launched an investigation concrete fell on cars from a bridge over the M6 and motorway caused traffic chaos. Two cars were hit by pieces of concrete…
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Category: Construction accidents
Scaffolder with no qualifications has leg amputated
A worker who had no CSCS card or training as a scaffolder had to have his lower leg amputated after he fell from unguarded scaffolding. Andrew Gore, 37, of Mountain…
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Digger driver hits workmate while on mobile phone
It just shows you how dangerous mobile phones can be especially when you are driving a digger, the driver hit the driver of a dumper on the head while using…
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Construction worker killed in Colchester
A construction worker was killed on a student accommodation site in Colchester, Essex yesterday. The Pickstock group is developing the site with the group’s contracting arm JR Pickstock overseeing work…
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German Digger driver killed by WW2 bomb
A World War Two bomb thought to be dropped by the allied troops has exploded at a construction site near a west German town, killing a man, injuring eight other…
Read MoreRoad worker seriously injured in M25 crash
A road worker who was working on the M25 is fighting for his life in hospital after a lorry crashed into the central reservation on the M25 where a Balfour…
Read MoreBrick archway weighing two tonnes collapses on joiners
A designer and contractor have been fined a substantial amount after the archway collapsed. The two carpenters were shoring up the arch after it become unstable due to the removal…
Read MoreRoofer who suffered from vertigo dies in fall
A roofer who fell from a ladder while working was on medication for vertigo, an inquest has heard. Fifty-two-year-old Barry Lock died two days later after falling from the ladder…
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Housing refurb job in London sets alight
A housing project in London has set on fire the causes at the moment are unknown. Ten fire engines and 72 firefighters are battling a blaze at a house being…
Read MoreCorby man killed while delivering building materials
The man, who worked for Jackson Building Centres in Corby, was making a delivery to a house in Cecil Drive, on the Exeter estate, at about 11am on Tuesday when…
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