Two access equipment firms have been fined a total of £240,000 after two men working on a construction site were involved in an incident that “could have ended in a double tragedy”.
Marcel Botnaru and Radu Baracu were working in a cradle at level nine of a residential tower under construction in London. The support beams for the cradle had been fitted with the wrong-sized end stops, which resulted in it rolling off the end and crashing to the ground below.
Botnaru suffered six broken ribs and a punctured lung, while Baracu was off work for six weeks. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) said that both were extremely fortunate to escape more serious and potentially life-threatening injuries.
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