Company fined £1.5m after electrician died after 8m fall
An electrician died in fall of approximately eight metres when an access panel on the raised walkway of an overhead crane gave way beneath him the firm has been fined…
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Category: Construction deaths
Roofer dies after falling though asbestos roof
A company and owner of the building have been fined and sentenced after an employee of a Powys construction company was fatally injured in Liverpool when he fell six metres…
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Firm fined after worker falls from mobile tower and dies
A construction company has been fined after an employee died as a result of falling from a mobile tower while helping to lift and level a steel beam. Cambridge Magistrates…
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Security guard dies from hypothermia at wind farm two firms fined
A security guard died after succumbing to freezing temperatures while working at a remote hillside in Ayrshire two companies have been fined following an incident. Ayr Sheriff Court heard that…
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Scaffolding company fined after crane operator hits cable and dies
A company has been fined after a worker was fatally electrocuted whilst operating a lorry mounted crane the incident occurred when the operator hit a power line when unloading materials…
Read MoreSite worker found guilty of murdering foreman with scaffold pole
A labourer working on a site in London Elton Sefa, 24, who bludgeoned his foreman to death with a scaffold pole was found guilty of murdering 47-year-old John Woodward at trial…
Read MoreSon dies after father was fatally injured days earlier
A serious accident in Merseyside has now claimed both father and son after a external lift failed, the 17 year was old left critically injured after his father was killed working…
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Lift failed on building site father dies and son suffers serious injuries
A lift has failed at a Laing O’Rourke site in Liverpool, the Mersey Police confirmed that a 53 year old man has lost his life after the external lift malfunctioned and…
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Asbestos removal firm fined after worker dies in gas blast
Court hears how a worker died after asbestos removal contractor did not isolate gas supply before beginning demolition work another worker suffered serious injuries and burns in the subsequent explosion….
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Roofing firm re-activated after worker dies falling through roof
A worker dies after falling through a fragile roof and the Health and Safety Executive has ordered the restoration of a roofing contractor to the Companies House register ahead of…
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