A 23-year-old worker was killed on a student accommodation site in Lincoln on Thursday 9th of January. The victim was working for Chesterfield-based groundworks subcontractor Melfort Construction Services on the…
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A leading construction company has been fined following an incident in which a worker was killed when a dumper truck overturned. Chelmsford Magistrates’ Court heard that on 3 October 2016,…
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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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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 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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An Aberdeen based roofing contractor has been fined after an employee fell to his death from a ladder while exiting a scaffold at Jute Street in the city. Aberdeen Sheriff…
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A construction worker was killed on the St Enoch Centre site in Glasgow yesterday. A Police Scotland spokesperson said: “A 43-year-old man has died after sustaining serious injuries while working…
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A construction company and one of its employees have been sentenced for health and safety breaches after another worker was struck by an excavator and was killed. Southwark Crown Court…
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Two rail way workers have been killed after being hit by a train in South Wales on Wednesday morning. The pair who worked for Network rail were pronounced dead at…
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Deaths in construction have fallen to thirty this year, most were from falls from height with the latest figured from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). HSE has today released…
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