Worker dies after being hit by excavator bucket
A North Yorkshire construction company has been fined after a worker dies after being hit by excavator bucket struck on the head and killed by a 16-ton excavator. The tragic…
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Electrician died after falling from roof of building
A electrical firm has been fined £120,000 after a dad died following a fall from the roof of a building site after work was poorly planned. Father-of-one Dennis Vincent, 36,…
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Suspended sentence for bosses after fatal roof fall
Two roofing bosses have been fined and received suspended sentences after a worker fell over five metres through fragile roof panels suffering injuries that subsequently proved fatal. Newcastle Crown Court…
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Roofer dies after falling though asbestos roof
A company and owner of the building have been fined and sentenced after an employee of a Powys construction company was fatally injured in Liverpool when he fell six metres…
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Security guard dies from hypothermia at wind farm two firms fined
A security guard died after succumbing to freezing temperatures while working at a remote hillside in Ayrshire two companies have been fined following an incident. Ayr Sheriff Court heard that…
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Scaffolding company fined after crane operator hits cable and dies
A company has been fined after a worker was fatally electrocuted whilst operating a lorry mounted crane the incident occurred when the operator hit a power line when unloading materials…
Read MoreSite worker found guilty of murdering foreman with scaffold pole
A labourer working on a site in London Elton Sefa, 24, who bludgeoned his foreman to death with a scaffold pole was found guilty of murdering 47-year-old John Woodward at trial…
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Plant hire company fined after worker killed by high pressure grease
A piling rig and plant hire company, Ruislip Plant Ltd has been fined after a worker was fatally injured whilst undertaking maintenance on a piling rig. Reading Crown Court heard that, on…
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Railway worker killed by train at Surbiton Station
A railway worker who was working on track was struck and killed by a train early on Tuesday morning close to Surbiton Station on the South Western Railway. The paramedics…
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Roofer dies after falling through asbestos roof
A roofer was unfortunately fatally injured when he fell six metres whilst working on a replacement roof at a property in Kirkdale, Liverpool he fell while accessing a fragile asbestos…
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