News Contractor sentenced after worker injured in fall A construction company has been fined after a worker sustained serious injuries when he fell from a ladder during renovation works in London.
News Former Carillion boss has fine reduced Richard Howson, former group chief executive of Carillion, has been fined £237,700 for his part in misleading statements being issued by the company.
News Construction director and firm fined for safety failings A construction company director and his firm have been fined after failing to comply with multiple enforcement notices and for failing to suitably plan, manage and monitor construction work.
News Former Carillion directors handed reduced fines The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined two former Carillion finance directors for their role in misleading statements issued by the company ahead of its collapse.
News Client sentenced after worker found dead on building site A construction client has been handed a suspended prison sentence after a worker was found dead on a building site in north London.
News Firm fined after worker falls from roof and fractures skull A construction company has been fined after a worker fell from the roof of a partially constructed barn in Shropshire.
News Two firms fined £95k after worker falls through rooflight The Health and Safety Executive has successfully prosecuted two companies after a construction worker fell through a rooflight at a factory, impaling his leg on machinery below.
News Builder avoids jail after roof collapse injures three and destroys home A builder has been given a suspended prison sentence after a roof collapse destroyed an occupied home and injured three workers in Windsor.
News Builder fined after boy’s skull fractured by falling pipe A construction company and its director have been fined after being found guilty of safety breaches that resulted in a five-year-old child being injured by a falling cast iron pipe.
News Developer and director sentenced over fire safety failings in seafront flats An Essex developer has been fined £40,000 and its director given a 12-month community order after failing to fix serious fire safety breaches at a seafront apartment block in Felixstowe, Suffolk.
News Site supervisor fined after exposing schoolchildren to asbestos A construction site supervisor has been fined after he exposed primary school pupils and staff to asbestos during renovation work.
News Developer fined after young worker crushed to death by concrete blocks Piper Homes has been fined £300,000 after a 33-year-old kitchen fitter was crushed to death by a pack of concrete blocks at a site in the Cotswolds.
News Director fined after worker fractures bones in excavation collapse A company and its director have been fined a combined £18,000 after a man was injured during excavation work in West Sussex.
News Developer fined £63k after failing to meet ‘most basic H&S standards’ A London property developer has been fined £63,000 after HSE inspectors found health and safety failures “so serious” that led to a construction site in east London being closed down on two separate occasions.
News Construction firm fined after ignoring deep excavation safety warnings A South Wales renovation company has been £40,000 and ordered to pay almost £6,000 in costs after defying enforcement notices from the HSE.
News Wood company fined again after repeated safety failures at Cowie plant A multi-national wood manufacturer has been fined more than £1m after two workers were injured in separate incidents at its plant in Cowie.
News Company fined £120k after worker breaks leg in roof fall A solar panel installer business has been fined £120,000 after one of its employees broke his leg while working on a property in Salisbury.
News Amey FM arm fined after prisoner dies from legionella Amey Community Limited has been fined £600,000 after a prisoner contracted Legionnaires’ disease and died while serving a prison sentence at HMP Lincoln.
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