Two firms fined after worker crushed in collapsed excavation
Auberne Homes Limited and groundworks contractor W & E Lammie have been fined after an employee of W & E Lammie was crushed and severely injured during an excavation collapse….
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Category: Trench collapse
Worker trapped in 3 metere trench collapse
The court heard how fellow workers dug with their bare hands to keep the worker breathing after a 9ft trench collapsed when he was working below, the Fife-based construction company has…
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Three firms fined after worker broke leg in trench collapse
Three companies have been sentenced today (19 December 2016) in Lincoln Crown Court after a worker’s leg was broken in six places when a trench which he was working in…
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Balfour Beatty fined £2.6 m after worker killed in trench collapse
A company has been fined £2.6 million after an employee was killed when the trench he was working in collapsed on him in Lancashire. James Sim, a 32-year-old worker, from Barry,…
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Six months sentence after worker killed in trench collapse
A self-employed contractor has been sentenced after an employee was killed when the trench he was working in collapsed on him. Swansea Magistrates’ Court heard how William Ryan Evans was contracted…
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