Window fitter in Londons West End risks 8 meter fall
A company which manufactured and installed windows has been fined £36,000 after carrying out work in the West End of London with no measures to prevent the workers falling eight…
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Category: Health and saftey
48 workers found sleeping on refurb job in Essex
A Company carrying out construction work to convert an eight storey former Ford office block into 384 flats has been prosecuted for safety failings that put many at risk. On…
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Builder fined after sacks of rubble thrown from building window
A Coalville construction firm working in Leicester has been sentenced after workers were spotted throwing sacks of rubble from a building project opposite a police station. Police officers called the…
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HSE clamps down on refubisment sites
The Health and Safety Executive’s (HSE’s) Chief Inspector of Construction is challenging the refurbishment industry to act now and protect their workers, after 46 per cent of sites fell below…
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Worker in care unit for life after fall from roof
A man was sentenced for safety failings that led to a father-of-three falling from the roof of a house, resulting in horrific head and spinal injuries. Brian Honeyman fell six…
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Work related injury and ill health still costing Britain £14 billion per year
More than a million people are being made ill by their work, costing society £14.3 billion, according to new figures published today. Despite Britain remaining one of the safest places to…
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Balfour Beatty fined £280,000 after worker killed from electrocution
Two companies have been sentenced for safety failings after a worker was electrocuted during work on a data centre in Middlesex. Balfour Beatty Engineering Services Ltd (BBES) was contracted to…
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Piling rig contractor fined £16000 for risky practices
A specialist piling contractor has been fined after it was found to be operating a powerful rig without a safety guard around the rotating auger. Sevenoaks Magistrates’ Court heard how…
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Steel frame erectors fined for safety shocker
A company that erects steel frames has been fined for safety failings while cladding a steel framed building. Swindon Magistrates’ Court heard how on 15 May 2015, Industrial Steel Frames…
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Cheshire builder in court over absence of welfare facilities
A Cheshire building contractor, Phillip Affleck, has been fined for serious health breaches and lack of welfare facilities on a Culcheth building site. Trafford Magistrates’ Court heard that the Health…
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