Contractor fined for snubbing safety warnings
Contractor Hatchmere Park Ltd has been fined £90,000 after failing to comply with safety enforcement notices.....Read more
Construction boss jailed after death of woman crushed by windows
A construction boss has been jailed for a year for gross negligence over the death of a lawyer crushed by half-tonne windows....Read more
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£10K Fine for Concrete Manufacturer After Worker Suffers Catastrophic Injuries
Concrete manufacturer Meadows WR LLP has been prosecuted after a 60-year-old man was seriously injured after falling from a ladder. The electrician was working from his own stepladder on the first floor of a house that he was helping demolish and refurbish. He fell from the ladder and through an opening onto the ground floor below. His spine was broken in three places and he was paralysed from the chest down. He spent three months in a coma, twelve months in hospital and died three years after the accident due to respiratory failure. The company was fined £10,000 and ordered to pay costs of the same amount.
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Council fined £33,000 after modified lawnmower severed apprentice’s finger
Nottingham City Council has been fined £33,000 after an apprentice suffered serious hand injuries, including losing his right index finger, while mowing grass....Read more
Sites told to review carding policies
Construction site managers are being told that it is not necessary for site catering, cleaning and delivery staff to have official skills cards showing them to be qualified construction workers....Read more