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Construction worker falls from height suffering serious injury
A construction firm was fined after a worker was seriously injured after falling head first approximately two and a half metres. Taunton Magistrates’ Court heard how an employee of DGJW Construction....
Added on: 25/12/2015Failure to plan on multi-storey refurbishment put over 100 lives at risk
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 the 26 May 2015, HSE was c....
Added on: 25/12/2015Construction firm fined over unsafe work practises during refurbishment
J B Barbour and Co Ltd, has been fined after a worker was killed when he was struck by a falling signage and fascia assembly, during shop fitting work at a retail unit. On the 6 July 2011, the 26-year....
Added on: 18/12/2015Builder 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 ....
Added on: 18/12/2015Worker injured falling from roof
A roofing company has been fined after a worker fell three metres from a roof. Redditch Magistrates’ Court heard how Woodhull Roofing Limited were refurbishing the roof at Pitcheroak Primary School,....
Added on: 18/12/2015Worker injured after falling through rooflight
A painting company has been fined after a worker fell through a roof light whilst working at height. Cwmbran Magistrates’ Court heard the employee working for Williams Contractors Limited of Pontypr....
Added on: 11/12/2015Businessman and construction contractor fined for safety failings
A partner in a retail business and he construction company he contacted to do roof work have been fined for safety failings. Portsmouth Magistrates’ Court heard how Alan Southwell had arranged for m....
Added on: 11/12/2015Company fined after scaffolding blown over during dismantling
A scaffolding company was fined after scaffolding hit a bus and pedestrians when it blew over during dismantling Leicester Magistrates’ Court heard how on 28 January 2015 Emperor Scaffolding Limited....
Added on: 11/12/2015Worker killed by falling from ladder during boiler inspection
A sub-contractor was fined after a worker was killed when he fell from a ladder during an inspection of a boiler. Winchester Magistrates’ Court heard how third party contractor, David Wood, (62 at t....
Added on: 11/12/2015Construction company Director fined after worker’s ladder fall
The director of a construction company has been fined for safety failings after a worker fell from a ladder, resulting in life-changing injuries. Portsmouth Magistrates’ Court heard an employee of M....
Added on: 11/12/2015
