Timber frame company fined after worker loses three fingers
A timber frame company has been fined after an employee, David Broadway, 36, had three fingers severed by a panel saw at work. The incident occurred at Pemberton Timber Frame…
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EE Renewables Fined £120,000 After Worker’s Fall from Roof
A 23-year-old worker sustained a broken femur after falling four metres from a roof on Sherfield English Road while working for EE Renewables Limited on 16 December 2022 the firm…
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Steel worker loses life after being crushed between to steel beams
A steel fabricator and manufacturer has been fined £120,000 after a worker was killed after becoming trapped between two heavy steel beams which were to be used on a construction…
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Companies fined after site had multiple HSE failings
Two companies have been fined £20,000 for a catalogue of health and safety failings at former bank being converted at building site inLondon Road Alderley Edge in the Cheshire village. The…
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Worker jumps of scaffold onto insulation board that covers stairwell
A timber Gluelam making company that is based in Devon has been fined £80,000 after an employee fell through a stairwell while working on a barn conversion. The 49-year-old driver…
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…
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Double excavator accident lands boss in prison
A construction company has landed in court after two separate incidents the director, excavator driver and company have been sentenced after serious injuries were sustained after a one worker was…
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…
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Builder prosecuted after exposing employees to asbestos
A builder renovating a domestic property has been prosecuted after his employees were exposed to asbestos in Barnsdale Road, Reading. Reading Magistrates’ Court heard how Mr Lynch, trading as Lynch…
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Building boss sentenced after despicable site conditions found
An Irvine-based construction company and its director have been sentenced to 166 hours community payback and fined £35,332 after multiple health and safety failings, giving rise to significant risk, were…
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