CLIENT FAILED TO CHECK CRANE CONTRACTOR COMPLIANCE
Posted on 1st February 2012
Planned crane maintenance should not be subject to ‘blind eye’ syndrome
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DIRECTOR AND CONTRACTOR FINED OVER CRANE DEATH
Posted on 31st January 2012
Crawler crane overturned on poorly managed construction site in London
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ERRONEOUS USE OF LIFTING EQUIPMENT ENDS IN TRAGEDY
Posted on 28th January 2012
Young workman died after unsafe system trapped in him in block grab jaws
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SUPERVISOR AND CRANE FIRM FINES FOLLOW FATALITY
Posted on 15th January 2012
Lifting operation failures ended in tragedy and crane contractor pays £1/4m
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VEHICLE CRANE FAILURES LEAVE WORKER PARALYSED
Posted on 10th January 2012
Defective catch, poor training and slinging practice caused life changing incident
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MANAGING DIRECTOR £80k FINE FOLLOWS CRANE OVERTURN
Posted on 17th December 2011
Defective mobile overturned fatally injuring nearby construction workman
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LORRY MOUNTED CRANE CLAMP CRUSHED CO-WORKER
Posted on 19th October 2011
Trained operator prosecuted after misuse of equipment ends in disaster
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INCIDENT: WORKMAN CRUSHED BY STEELWORK
Posted on 24th August 2011
Serious accident on major new refuse and recycling project site
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MAJOR CONTRACTOR PROSECUTED OVER LIFTING OPERATION
Posted on 27th June 2011
Scaffold pole fell when hoisted during lift installation on major project
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WORKMAN TRAPPED UNDER FALLING STONE SLABS
Posted on 18th May 2011
Granite firm and director prosecuted after block fell during vehicle unloading
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MOBILE CRANE HIRE FIRM AND OPERATOR PROSECUTED
Posted on 13th April 2011
Family of deceased man express concern at ‘shocking’ inadequate sentences
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WORKMAN DIED WHEN LOAD FELL DURING UNLOADING
Posted on 30th March 2011
Steel gates fell from lorry during confusion over required system of work
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WORKMAN FATALLY INJURED BY FALLING CONCRETE BEAM
Posted on 15th March 2011
Lifting operation went tragically wrong during dismantling of road bridge beam
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MAJOR CONTRACTOR COMMITTED TO CROWN COURT
Posted on 8th March 2011
Magistrates refuse to sentence in case of falling scaffold tube tragedy
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SLING FAILURE DURING PLANT DISMANTLING OPERATION
Posted on 1st March 2011
Girder fall ‘demolished’ unoccupied offices and narrowly missed workmen
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LORRY GRAB FATALITY FIRMS FACE PROSECUTION
Posted on 19th November 2010
Two companies now charged with failing to secure scissor grab safety
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CLIENT AND CONTRACTOR FINED FOR FAILED LIFTING OP
Posted on 11th November 2010
Plasterer crushed as timber roof trusses fall during unloading of lorry
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MAJOR CLIENT PROSECUTED FOR CDM-C ROLE FAILURE
Posted on 9th November 2010
Workman suffered serious leg injuries during manual handling of prefab wall
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STEEL BEAM PLUMMETED THROUGH OFFICE CEILING
Posted on 29th October 2010
Contractor fined after load from crane lands in office of estate agent
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WIND FARM HIGH FINE FROM ‘NEW’ PROSECUTION SYSTEM
Posted on 29th September 2010
Workman struck by craned load on wind turbine resulted in leg amputation
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FALLING CRANE LOAD NARROWLY MISSED FOOTPATH
Posted on 16th August 2010
Firm fined after tower crane hook ‘broke off’ and load crashed 36m to ground
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Posted in CRANES SLINGING, CRANES TOWER, PROSECUTIONS, lifting operations
UNSAFE MARBLE TILE UNLOADING PROSECUTION
Posted on 3rd August 2010
Workman struck by falling pallet of marble tiles during container unloading
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IRISH CONTRACTOR DEVELOPER PROSECUTED
Posted on 6th July 2010
Rebar fell ‘like arrows’ causing paralysis of workman below
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LIFT ENGINEER FATALLY INJURED
Posted on 7th June 2010
Damaged cable caused fatal uncovenanted movement of lift
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LIFTING OPERATION FATALITY CONFIRMS RISING FINES
Posted on 23rd May 2010
Freight company pays £350,000 following death during unloading glass
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WORKMAN INJURED DURING CRANE LIFT
Posted on 29th April 2010
Steel beams slip from chains causing serious injury to slinger
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PRE-CAST CONCRETE PANEL FATALITY
Posted on 28th April 2010
Workman crushed during unsafe lifting operation with telehandler
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DIRECTORS FINED FOLLOWING SLAB DEATH
Posted on 24th April 2010
Fatality prompts Section 37 prosecution of two directors
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LORRY LOADING LED TO FATAL CRUSHING
Posted on 13th April 2010
Load slipped during loading by crane releasing three tonnes of steel
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LIFTING OPERATION INJURES WORKMAN
Posted on 4th January 2010
Workman paralysed after refinery lifting operations goes wrong
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HIGH FINE PROSECUTION
Posted on 10th October 2009
Dozer fall fatally injures workman during lifting operation
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CRANE CONTRACTOR TAKES POSITIVE ACTION
Posted on 7th October 2009
Incident and prosecution combine as spur to further improvements
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FATALITY PROMPTS SAFER LIFTING METHOD
Posted on 24th September 2009
Portable building company changes system after tragic death
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LEADING CRANE HIRE COMPANY FINED
Posted on 23rd September 2009
Crane collapsed onto hotel and operator seriously injured
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LEADING CRANE HIRE COMPANY IN COURT
Posted on 21st September 2009
One of the largest UK plant hire companies faces prosecution
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FORK LIFT INCIDENT LEADS TO AMPUTATION
Posted on 4th September 2009
Reinforcement mesh falling from lift forks crushes workman
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CRANE FIRM FINED AFTER DOUBLE FATALITY
Posted on 3rd August 2009
Tower crane supplier fined after crane collapse during dismantling
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CRANE DOUBLE FATALITY PROSECUTION
Posted on 19th June 2009
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CONVICTED CRANE COMPANY IN ADMINISTRATION
Posted on 30th April 2009
New company rises from the ashes of tower crane fatality firm
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PARTNERS FINED AFTER SHUTTER FALLS
Posted on 9th April 2009
Workmans leg amputated in falling shuttering incident
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FIRM CONVICTED OVER CRANE FATALITIES
Posted on 28th March 2009
Jury convicts crane company and “significant” fine expected
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COLLAPSE OF TOWER CRANE TRIAL
Posted on 17th March 2009
Court told ’management vacuum’ and ‘mistake’ led to two deaths
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CRANE PROSECTION TO START
Posted on 11th March 2009
Crown court set to hear crane double fatality case
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PROSECUTION LIFT TRUCK
Posted on 22nd January 2009
‘Improvised’ system leads to tragic workplace death and fine
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PROSECUTION FALLING SKIP DOORS
Posted on 13th January 2009
Waste contractor fined after doors fell from rear-end-loading skip
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