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 Suspended sentence for director after scaffolder suffers electric shock A Kent scaffolding company has been fined and its director given a suspended prison sentence after a scaffolder suffered an 11kV electric shock.
News Company director sentenced to unpaid work after employee falls from height A company and its director have been sentenced after an employee fell from height and suffered serious injuries.
News Offshore companies fined £1.2m after worker’s feet crushed Shell and Ampelmann Operations have been fined a combined total of more than £1.2m after a worker’s feet were crushed while walking along a gangway over the North Sea.
News Council fined £2m after worker killed during roadworks Newport City Council has been fined £2m after a man was killed while carrying out road repair works on 18 July 2019.
News Roofing company fined £881,000 after two workers fall from height A roofing firm has been fined a total of £881,000 after two workers were seriously injured in separate incidents.
News £630,000 fine after worker’s fatal fall from height A further two companies have been fined after a man died following a fall from the roof of a building site.
News Fine for unsafe scaffolding after HSE inspector drives past project A Manchester rendering company has been fined £3,000 after an HSE inspector noticed unsafe scaffolding on a house renovation as he was driving past.
News £240,000 fine after cradle falls nine floors and injures two 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”.
News Crane company fined after two workers fall from height Osprey has been fined £24,000 after two men fell from height during the assembly of a crane at the Port of Blyth, Northumberland.
News Demolition firm fined after worker suffers life-changing injuries A Middlesex demolition company has been fined £60,000 after part of a building fell on a labourer during demolition work.
News Contractors fined after worker fractures skull in stairwell fall Two construction companies have been fined a total of £46,000 after a labourer from Runcorn fractured his skull when he fell through a stairwell on 3 March 2021.
News Construction firm fined after work experience teenager seriously injured A New Forest construction firm has been fined £50,000 after a 16-year-old boy suffered serious injuries when he became trapped under a tractor while on paid work experience.
News Tarmac fined £1.3m after worker crushed to death Tarmac has been fined £1,275,000 after a man was crushed to death during maintenance work at Mountsorrel Quarry in Leicestershire.
News Contractor fined in absence for noise pollution Hillingdon London Borough Council has fined a construction company £5,000 after it caught builders doing noisy works outside permitted hours.
News Director fined and disqualified for dumping waste with asbestos A man has been banned from being a company director after he dumped 20 tonnes of construction waste contaminated with asbestos on farmland in Northumberland.
News Construction companies fined £120,000 after 160kg pipes fall on worker Two construction companies have been fined a combined total of £120,000 after a groundworker suffered horrific injuries when heavy drainage pipes fell on top of him.
News Construction firm fined after worker suffers horrific fall injuries A construction business has been fined £16,000 after a worker suffered critical injuries when he fell 10m through the roof of an industrial unit.
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