Polski Dzial Scaffolding firm in court after worker injured in fall
A scaffolding firm has been fined after a painter and decorator was injured when he fell through an unprotected ladder opening on scaffolding at a block of flats in Hemel Hempstead. The 48-year-old suffered a fractured arm and dislocated shoulder as a result of the incident. The court heard that whilst erecting the scaffolding, the […]
Leicestershire firm prosecuted after worker’s five-metre fall
A Leicestershire building firm has been fined after an employee fell five metres and was then struck by a wooden board and concrete blocks after a partially-built floor gave way. Leicester Magistrates’ Court heard that the worker was helping to construct the second floor of a new build house when it gave way after being […]
Fines imposed following scaffolding fall death
A firm, its director and a supervisor have been sentenced for safety failings after a worker died from injuries sustained in a fall from scaffolding at a construction site in East Sussex. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) prosecuted them for negligence and defects that contributed towards the incident in 2009. Hastings Magistrates’ Court heard […]
Director fined after worker’s fatal fall through roof
The director of a building firm has been prosecuted after a self-employed contractor fell to his death through a fragile roof at an industrial building in Penryn. Paul Gibbons was carrying out re-roofing work when he fell eight metres through a fragile part of the asbestos cement roof onto the floor below. He was taken […]
Company fined after surveyor killed by reversing lorry
An engineering and construction company has been fined £250,000 for safety failings after a surveyor was killed by a reversing lorry during work to widen the M25 near Dartford. Richard Caddock was talking on a mobile phone and could not hear the approaching truck above the noise of nearby motorway traffic, when he was hit […]
Construction firm fined over £100k after death
A 23-year-old man died from massive crush injuries when his head became trapped in the jaws of a grab machine being wrongly used to move a pallet of cement bags. Steven Allen was part of a team working for Skipton-based construction company JN Bentley Ltd on a building project for Bradford Council in March 2007. […]
Steel beam falls and fatally injures worker
A specialist crane supplier has been fined £180,000 after a worker was killed when a large steel beam fell on him at an incinerator in Slough, Berkshire. Colin Dickson, 38, of Motherwell, died when the temporary suspension points on a suspended beam he was under failed. The 1.4 tonne beam fell five metres onto Mr […]
Construction worker killed when crane overturned
A construction company and its managing director have been sentenced after a father-of-two was crushed to death when a crane overturned in Liverpool. Richard Mark Thornton, 46, from Longridge near Preston, died when a 50-tonne crane toppled over while moving a steel column in March 2007. Mr Thornton’s employer and the managing director of the […]