Polski Dzial Construction Worker Injured After Fall from Height
A construction firm has appeared in court on health and safety charges after a worker was seriously injured when he fell approximately two and a half metres. Taunton Magistrates’ Court heard how the employee was working at height on a construction site in Taunton. He was working on installing formwork panels but these panels suddenly […]
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 […]
Roofing boss fined after worker seriously injured in fall
An Aberdeenshire roofing boss has been fined after one of his workers was seriously injured when he fell five metres from the edge of a flat roof. Mr McNeilly was throwing lead cut-offs onto the ground while standing on the flat roof when he either slipped or inadvertently stepped off the edge. He lost his […]
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 […]
Blacksmith fined after worker falls from roof
A self-employed blacksmith and fabricator has been fined after one of his employees was severely injured when he fell more than seven metres from a roof he was working on. Martin Mundie, 23, from Aberdeenshire, was part of a team carrying out work at a farm to convert a former pig shed into a workshop. On […]
Double-glazing firm in court over worker’s ladder fall
The owner of a Blackpool double-glazing firm has appeared in court after one of his employees was seriously injured in a fall from a ladder. The 68-year-old fell nearly five metres and landed on a concrete patio after climbing up a ladder to measure a bathroom window on a house in his village. The employee […]