Civil’s firm fined £600k after child dies in drainage pipe
Conley Thompson who was seven at the time went missing from home on the morning of 26 July 2015 and was found the next morning by workers at the construction…
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Category: Health and saftey
Working in extreme heat what are my rights?
Working in construction can often mean that workers are exposed to weather more than other industries what are your rights working in this heat. With the Met Office warning of extreme…
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Loft conversion causes house collapse contractor fined
A construction company based in Manchester was fined after much of a three-bedroom domestic property in Stretford collapsed during a loft conversion and ground floor extension work. Manchester Magistrates’ Court…
Read MoreHSE inspector shocked to find barefoot builders
A HSE inspector was shocked to find barefoot ground workers on a building site in Manchester along with many other safety failings after an on the spot visit. Manchester Magistrates…
Read MoreSuspended sentence for roofing firm boss
The court heard how, on 5 March 2021, company owner Phillip McGinn and two workers were replacing roof tiles on a detached dormer bungalow, in Lydiate on Merseyside, without any…
Read MoreFirm fined after workers left with no edge protection from fifth floor fall
A Blackpool construction company has been fined after putting employees at significant risk of a fall from height while working on a roof. Blackpool Magistrates’ Court heard how on two…
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Worker struck by heated tin roof after excavator struck cable
Court hears how worker was struck by heated sheet of tin metal after excavator driver hit 415v cable in wall which arc on the machine which then caused a fire…
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Ground worker loses arm after disk cutter kicked up
A civil engineering contractor has been fined £250,000 after a worker suffered life changing injuries while cutting concrete beams with a petrol cut of saw while doing this but the…
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Firm fined after worker fell through roof light
A property firm has been fined after an employee fell through a roof light, the Property partnership Alex Brewster and Sons has been fined £4,000. Edinburgh Sheriff Court heard how on…
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Roofing company fined £20,000 after jetwashing roof with no scaffold
A specialist roofing contractor that cleaned roofs with jet washing and then painted over the tiles with roof paint has been fined after a health and safety inspector came across…
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