Firm fined after teenage carpenter dies after fall from roof
A teenage carpenter who fell to his death from unguarded scaffolding family spoke and said that they can “finally grieve in peace” after a building company Roof Top Rooms was…
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Category: Construction deaths
Manslaughter summons after woman killed by falling glass
Four people and three companies have been summoned to Westminster Magistrate’s court over the death of a woman on a London fit out job in 2012 form falling glass pane….
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Balfour Beatty worker dies while working on roads
A fatal accident has occurred on a motorway involving a young road worker who was working for Balfour Beatty Surrey police and the HSE have been informed of the accident. A…
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Roofer dies after fall on loft conversion job
A Darwen firm have appeared in court after one of their employees, Graham Readfern (56 yrs old from Bacup), died after falling from the roof of a partly completed loft…
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Construction worker falls to death in London firm fined
A national construction firm and a glazing contractor have been sentenced after pleading guilty to safety breaches after a worker fell to his death from a store front in Exeter….
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Roofing contractor and director fined over brick-layer death
A Yorkshire roofing firm and its Director have been prosecuted after a worker fell to his death though a fragile roof-light. Barry Tyson, a 52 year old self-employed brick-layer, suffered…
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Inquiry into wall collapse that killed two men rules accidental death
An inquest has concluded that the deaths of two men were accidental who died in a wall collapse at a barn renovation at the The Old Maltings building Worlingworth, near Framlingham…
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Olympic stadium death fall “not a workplace incident”
The Health and Safety executive (HSE) have confirmed that the man that died from a fall at the Olympic stadium was not a workplace incident and could have been a…
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(UPDATE) Man dies in fall at Olympic stadium conversion
Reports have come out that a worker has died in a fall at the Olympic stadium which is currently under conversion into the new West Ham football clubs new home.The…
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Ground worker crushed to death by 1.6 tonnes of steel
A Glasgow construction firm has been sentenced for serious safety failings after a worker was crushed to death when a 1.6 tonnes frame fell onto him during construction of…
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