News BAM Nuttall fined £2.3m after worker drowns in weir BAM Nuttall has been fined £2.345m after a worker drowned in the River Aire on 30 October 2017.
News Contractor fined £233k after HGV driver killed by piling rig mast Van Elle has been fined £233,000 after a 52-year-old HGV driver was struck and killed by the mast of a piling rig.
News Openreach fined £1.34m after engineer dies in river UK telecommunications company Openreach has been fined £1.34 million after an engineer died while trying to repair a telephone line.
News Vigil held after worker dies at Berkeley site A vigil was held on 31 May at a Berkeley Group’s St George site in north London where a construction worker was killed.
News Contractor fined £8k after 22-year-old killed in accident A carpentry contractor has been fined £8,000 after a 22-year-old man died following an accident at a building site.
News Erith fined after 24-year-old worker crushed to death Erith has been fined £175,000 following the death of one of its employees.
News Company fined £133k after graduate crushed to death A Hertfordshire company has been fined after a 22-year-old employee was crushed to death by an excavator.
News NG Bailey fined after worker dies in MEWP accident NG Bailey Limited has been fined £135,000 following the death of a worker last year.
News Housebuilder fined after CDM breach leads to fatal fall Construction company Amberley Homes (Kent) Ltd has been fined £25,000 after a sub-contractor fell and died from his injuries.
News Worker dies at Microsoft site in west London A worker has died after suffering an accident at a Microsoft construction site in Park Royal, West London, on 11 February.
News Company fined £450k after worker crushed to death at construction site A company has been fined £450,000 and the firm’s director has received a suspended prison sentence after a labourer was crushed to death at a construction site in Hockley, Birmingham.
News Construction company fined after worker dies in excavator accident HACS Construction Limited was fined £330,500 after a worker was struck on the head and killed by a 16-ton excavator.
News HS2 drilling death: coroner calls for action The coroner who investigated the death of an HS2 worker last April has said in his report that “action should be taken to prevent future deaths”.
News Construction deaths highest across industries, HSE data shows The number of fatalities in construction has risen by 55% since last year and is the highest of any industry according to HSE data.
News Laing O’Rourke worker dies at new Everton stadium site A 26-year-old worker from Laing O’Rourke died on Monday (14 August) following a serious acccident at the Bramley-Moore Dock stadium construction site.
News Balfour Beatty worker fatality at nuclear site A Balfour Beatty worker has died following a serious incident at the Atomic Weapons Establishment Aldermaston site in Reading on 6 July.
News Construction deaths increase by more than 50% in a year The construction sector recorded 45 fatal injuries during the last year, up from 29 the previous year total, the latest HSE data shows.
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