A Cheshire construction company has been prosecuted following a fatal accident in 2011 at a site in Wimslow. Liverpool Crown Court heard that Edgemere Projects Ltd of Tarporley, Cheshire, was…
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A construction operative working for Balfour Beatty was killed while repairing a central reservation barrier by a mounted lorry crane. The workers were trying to remove the footings of a post…
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A construction worker has been killed on the Third Don bridge the emergency services were called to the site around 4.45pm. Balfour Beatty is main contractor on the £18m project…
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The construction and maintenance company Carillion missed opportunities to prevent a rail worker from acting in a safety role before he was killed by a passing train near Gainsborough. The gang leader Scott Dobson,…
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Two companies have been fined a total of £1.3million following the death of a scaffolder who was just weeks away from his wedding day. The court was told John Altoft,…
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Baldwins crane hire has been found guilty of corporate manslaughter following the death of one of its operators Lindsay Easton at the Scout Moor wind farm in East Lancashire Easton,…
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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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Michael Turner, 49, of Earls Colne, Colchester, appeared at Inner London Crown Court after pleading guilty to gross negligent manslaughter after one of his employees, and friend of 15 years,…
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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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Two associate companies have been fined after the death of a worker in London, killed when concrete joists fell on him. Electrician John Walker, who worked for 777 Environmental Limited,…
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