HSE 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…
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Suspended 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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Apprentice painter blinded by PVC hoarding
An apprentice has lost the sight in his right eye after he was injured when helping with a PVC hoarding the Bradford based construction company has been fined. Manchester Magistrates’…
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Breaker became detached from 360, worker loses leg
A firm has been fined after a worker was left with life changing injuries the company Hovington Ltd was sentenced today for safety breaches after a worker was struck by…
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Worker struck by excavator breaker after it came lose
A construction worker was hit by a breaker after it loosened it self from the quick hitch, when it fell it narrowly missed on worker and hit another on the…
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Plumbing merchant fined £75,000 for unsafe building work
A plumbing merchant and its building contractor have been fined after unsafe construction work took place at the company premises in Burnley putting those working on the project and the…
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Bricklayer injured after platform collapsed firms fined £46,000
Two construction companies have been fined after a working platform collapsed injuring the bricklayer working on it the fines total £46,000. The Crown Court at Durham heard how, on 1…
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