Window fitter in Londons West End risks 8 meter fall
A company which manufactured and installed windows has been fined £36,000 after carrying out work in the West End of London with no measures to prevent the workers falling eight…
Read More
Log In
Sign Up
Tag: HSE
Bricklayer dies after pack of bricks crushed him
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…
Read More
63 year old Bricklayer hospitalised by culvert collapse
A bricklayer was seriously injured when a culvert collapsed on 27 January 2012 after three men started repairs the 63-year-old Michael Skitt of Kingsnorth, Ashford suffered multiple injuries including shoulder blade…
Read More
Mobility scooter fell through badly constructed temporary barrier killing pensioner
The NHS Litigation Authority has been prosecuted after an 82 year old man fell 12 feet to his death from an elevated walkway outside a health centre. Benjamin John Withers…
Read More
Asbestos disturbed after building work £120k fine
A food company and their contractor have been fined after asbestos was disturbed during building work and only identified by chance when an asbestos removal contractor attended site. Stafford Crown…
Read More
Road worker hit by bus company fined
A company contracted to lay a pipe under a road surface was sentenced today after a court heard it failed to keep and maintain a save place of work, resulting…
Read More
48 workers found sleeping on refurb job in Essex
A Company carrying out construction work to convert an eight storey former Ford office block into 384 flats has been prosecuted for safety failings that put many at risk. On…
Read More
Builder fined after sacks of rubble thrown from building window
A Coalville construction firm working in Leicester has been sentenced after workers were spotted throwing sacks of rubble from a building project opposite a police station. Police officers called the…
Read More
Building company fined after worker injures eye
A building company firm has been fined for safety failings after an employee suffered permanent injury to his eye from lack of correct protection. Luton Magistrates’ Court heard how on…
Read More
Piling rig contractor fined £16000 for risky practices
A specialist piling contractor has been fined after it was found to be operating a powerful rig without a safety guard around the rotating auger. Sevenoaks Magistrates’ Court heard how…
Read More