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Flailing concrete pumping hose causes death on construction site
UCS Civils Ltd (formerly Universal Construction Services Ltd) of Lincolnshire, has been ordered to pay over £70k in fines and prosecution costs whilst Pochin Concrete Pumping Ltd of Cheshire are required to pay over £85k following a fatal incident in December 2003. A group of employees were pouring concrete to form an office building floor when the suspended pumping hose ”whipped” fatally injuring one of the men.
HSE inspector Rob Cooper said: “The precautions that should have been adopted were as simple as to ensure that no-one stood close to the end of the flexible delivery hose until concrete was flowing smoothly from it – something which would have not added any significant cost or time to the work.”
Comment: The Construction Plant-hire Association (CPA), has since published guidance, ‘Code of Practice for the safe Use of Concrete Pumps’ that lays out the steps to reduce the risk of injuries involving such equipment.