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…
Read MorePlumbing 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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Ground worker loses arm after disk cutter kicked up
A civil engineering contractor has been fined £250,000 after a worker suffered life changing injuries while cutting concrete beams with a petrol cut of saw while doing this but the…
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Roofing company fined £20,000 after jetwashing roof with no scaffold
A specialist roofing contractor that cleaned roofs with jet washing and then painted over the tiles with roof paint has been fined after a health and safety inspector came across…
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Building firm found guilty of incorrect asbestos report
A company has been fined for failing to complete the correct asbestos survey at a domestic construction project. Salisbury Magistrates’ Court heard how, on 18 October 2017, there was a…
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Plumber crushed by 700kg pump
A construction company has been fined after a worker was injured when a water pump set weighing over 700kg fell on him at a construction site. Southwark Crown Court heard…
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Sewer breach sweeps away three workers on tideway site
A water and wastewater company has been fined following an incident in which three workers were carried along a sewer following the collapse of a 150-year-old sewer gate. Westminster Magistrates’…
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