Two firms fined as worker falls three meters of ledge
A window fitting company and the principal contractor at a construction site have been fined for safety failings after a worker fell a total of three metres while installing glazed…
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Category: Construction falls
Construction worker falls through void in roof
A construction company based in Derbyshire has been fined after a worker was seriously injured when he fell through a void. Edinburgh Sheriff Court heard how a worker employed by…
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Company fined after 38 year old Romanian fell down lift shaft
A company in Derbyshire has been fined after a worker fell thirteen meters down a service riser shaft. The incident was reported by nationaltradesmen.co.uk here at the time and an air…
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Roofer killed in fall from height
A Castleford scaffolder has been prosecuted after a worker fell to his death from a roof because there was no side protection. Walter Booth (trading as WB Roofing) was carrying…
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Man killed in fall working from excavator bucket
West Sussex waste management firm South Coast Skips Ltd and its owner have been prosecuted after one worker died and another was left seriously injured when they fell from the…
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Scaffolder falls to death at Maidstone studios
A scaffolder has fallen to his death while working at Maidstone TV Studios has died, it has been confirmed. Justin Newitt who was a loving father was taken to hospital following…
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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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Excavator rescues worker from 4 metre hole
The Fire and Rescue Service in Oxfordshire County Council were mobilized after a report of a man who had fallen down a 4 metre deep hole on the Great Tew Estate…
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Man falls 3 meters onto concrete firm fined
A construction company was fined after a worker fell through a roof three metres onto a concrete floor below. On Friday 3 July, Reading Magistrates’ Court heard how Barski Developments…
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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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