HEFTY FINE IMPOSED FOR IGNORING HSE AND CDM-C ADVICE
Posted on 17th January 2012
Failures cost company over £50k and company secretary gains ‘criminal’ record
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MINIMAL FINE IMPOSED AFTER CONTRACTOR IGNORES NOTICE
Posted on 13th January 2012
Roofing contractor caught on camera failed heed prohibition call
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THREE DIRECTORS PROSECUTED WITH THEIR COMPANIES
Posted on 15th December 2011
Prosecutions after fall from scaffold leaves workman confined to wheelchair
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BUILDER AND DIRECTOR PROSECUTED AFTER 7M FALL
Posted on 7th December 2011
Property was being constructed without scaffold or any fall prevention
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FARM BUILDING SUPPLIER IN COURT WITH CONTRACTOR
Posted on 22nd November 2011
Fall from makeshift access platform triggers double prosecution
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DANGEROUS WORKING PRACTICES CAUGHT ON CAMERA
Posted on 28th October 2011
Contractor cuts corners in provision of edge protection for work at height
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SCAFFOLDING CONTRACTOR ERECTED UNSAFE SCAFFOLD
Posted on 19th October 2011
Bus collided with scaffolding over public road causing workman to fall 4m
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RELIANCE ON ‘CUSTOM AND PRACTICE’ ENDS IN COURT
Posted on 22nd September 2011
Collapse of refrigeration unit triggered fall of workman from tower scaffold
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SCAFFOLDER AND FIRM FINED OVER UNSTABLE SCAFFOLD
Posted on 21st September 2011
Handover of unsecured scaffolding put building workers lives at risk
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BUILDER PROSECUTED FOR NOTICE NON-COMPLIANCE
Posted on 21st September 2011
Lenient sentence after improvements not made on asbestos and competence
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COURT TAKES DIM VIEW OF UNSAFE ROOFWORK
Posted on 15th September 2011
Roof cleaning contractor pays price of ’blatant disregard’ for safety
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UNSAFE INDUSTRIAL ROOFWORK CAPTURED ON CAMERA
Posted on 9th September 2011
Workmen put a risk by failure to properly assess and manage high risk roofwork
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INCIDENT: ROOF FALL ON MAJOR RESIDENTIAL PROJECT
Posted on 9th September 2011
Builder “lucky to be alive” after roof fall on social housing site
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SITE MANAGER AWARE OF MISSING EDGE PROTECTION
Posted on 29th July 2011
Homebuilder prosecuted over failure to properly plan for risk
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SUPERVISION FAILS ON SMALLER RENOVATION PROJECT
Posted on 25th July 2011
Inadequate fall protection leaves workman seriously injured
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CONTRACTOR ERRS ON SCAFFOLDING SAFETY AND ASBESTOS
Posted on 21st July 2011
Work without required license for asbestos removal ends in court
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SCHOOL PROSECUTED OVER FALL DURING REFURB JOB
Posted on 12th July 2011
Recladding kitchen exterior by caretaker ended in fall from platform
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TEMPORARY WORKS NOT PROPERLY DESIGNED FOR SAFETY
Posted on 9th July 2011
Workmen fell on refurb project when concrete pour triggered decking collapse
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SMALL BUILDER FAILED TO PROVIDE SAFE PLATFORM
Posted on 5th July 2011
Incident and prosecution highlights risks on smaller domestic client projects
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COMPANIES DENY GUILT OVER LIVERPOOL FATALITY
Posted on 16th June 2011
Workman fell seven storeys to his death on major city centre project
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DEVELOPER AVOIDED RESPONSIBILITY ONCE TOO OFTEN
Posted on 1st June 2011
Fall from tower scaffold left migrant worker with life-threatening injuries
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UNSAFE PLATFORM DESIGN CAUSED SERIOUS INJURY
Posted on 11th May 2011
Principal contractor not competent to provide design and build service
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DEVELOPER PROSECUTED FOR FAILURE TO MANAGE SAFETY
Posted on 9th May 2011
Court fines firm after lack of response to HSE advice and prohibitions
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ROOFING COMPANY PROSECUTED OVER UNSAFE ROOFWORK
Posted on 20th April 2011
Reclamation of roof tiles carried out in unsafe manner by contractor
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FIBRE CEMENT ROOF PROJECT ENDS IN SERIOUS INJURY
Posted on 20th April 2011
Workman fell from roof after leaving telehandler working platform
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CONTRACTOR CAPTURED ON CCTV PUTTING PUBLIC AT RISK
Posted on 13th April 2011
Firm prosecuted after working dangerously on shopping centre roof
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FIRMS FINED £400,000 FOLLOWING STONEMASONS FATAL FALL
Posted on 12th April 2011
Scaffolding loading tower not inspected and lacking in sufficient guardrails
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STEEL AND CLADDING CONTRACTOR PROSECUTED
Posted on 3rd April 2011
Workman fell accessing tower scaffold mounted on freight container
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UNTRAINED WORKMAN ERECTED DANGEROUS SCAFFOLDING
Posted on 31st March 2011
Scaffolder prosecuted after ignoring order to undertake safety training
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H&S PROSECUTORS IN SCOTLAND CLAIM FIRST TRIAL SUCCESS
Posted on 16th March 2011
Contractors prosecuted after death of labourer in loading platform fall
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PRINCIPAL CONTRACTORS MUST PROTECT ALL ON SITE
Posted on 4th March 2011
PC prosecuted after kitchen unit delivery man falls 6m down lift shaft
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CONTRACTOR PROSECUTED FOR UNSAFE SCAFFOLDING
Posted on 1st March 2011
Seriously injured workman took safety of scaffolding ‘for granted’
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ROOFLINE WORKER INJURED IN SCAFFOLD FALL
Posted on 4th February 2011
Firm failed to act on risk adviser warnings over safe working at height
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FATALITY CAUSED BY INADEQUATE ANCHOR FIXING
Posted on 28th January 2011
Chimney scaffold collapse firms sentenced after steeplejack death
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FAILURE TO MANAGE LOW FALL RISK ENDS IN COURT
Posted on 10th January 2011
Contractor prosecuted and fined after steel beam lifted on ’low’ scaffold
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FAILURE TO CONTROL FALLS RISK ENDS IN COURT
Posted on 25th November 2010
Firm fined after workers lives threatened by poorly managed risk
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WORKMAN SUFFERED FATAL FALL FROM SCAFFOLDING
Posted on 26th October 2010
Developer and scaffolding contractor fined after unsecured board gave way
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MAJOR CONTRACTOR FINED AFTER FOOTBALL GROUND DEATH
Posted on 23rd September 2010
Labourer suffered fatal fall after guardrail failed under rubbish chute loadings
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DEVELOPER AND SCAFFOLD CONTRACTOR AWAIT SENTENCE
Posted on 21st September 2010
Deceased joiner was on scaffold platform with unguarded internal edge
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ROOFLINE CONTRACTOR FAILED TO HEED WARNINGS
Posted on 21st September 2010
Firm fined after putting lives at risk during roofline refurbishment
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GLAZING FIRM FINED FOR UNCONTROLLED RISK AT HEIGHT
Posted on 14th September 2010
HSE take prosecution action before window fitters injured in fall from height
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HOME BUILDER AND DIRECTOR PROSECTUTED AFTER FALL
Posted on 1st September 2010
Director and company failed to prevent falls or provide safe system of work
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MAJOR CONTRACTOR FINE FOLLOWS FALL FROM SLAB
Posted on 25th August 2010
Falsework removal at wrong time triggered platform failure and 21m fall
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LOW FALL COMES WITH HIGHER PRICE
Posted on 16th August 2010
Injury and unsafe working combine to land steeplejacks in court
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FAILED INSPECTION PROMPTS PRE-EMPTIVE PROSECUTION
Posted on 22nd July 2010
Firm ignored warnings from safety consultants and HSE Inspectors
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HIGH RISE RESCUE OF WINDOW CLEANERS
Posted on 22nd June 2010
Suspended platform incident leaves US cleaners stranded
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INJURED CONTRACTOR PROSECUTED AND FINED
Posted on 2nd June 2010
Contractor prosecuted after injury to himself and co-worker
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TV DOCUMENTARY FOOTAGE AIDS CONVICTION
Posted on 6th April 2010
Firm fined £1/4m after poor managements leads to scaffold fall death
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COLLAPSE OF ‘MAKESHIFT’ WORK PLATFORM
Posted on 23rd March 2010
Workmen fall into stairwell after collapse of temporary platform
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DANGEROUS ‘BRIDGE’ TO THE COURTROOM
Posted on 16th March 2010
South west hotel developer given short sharp shock for unsafe working
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