A crane supplier has been cleared of health and safety breaches, seven-and-a-half years after three of its employees died at a construction site. Falcon Tower Crane Services was found not guilty of two counts of breaching the law at Chester Crown Court last week. Rhys Barker, 18, from Castleford, West…
The number of deaths of construction industry workers has increased, according to new figures from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). Its latest annual data shows 51 construction workers died of injuries on site in the year to 31 March 2024, confirming findings earlier this year. The total was more…
Energy giant EDF has been fined more than half a million pounds following an incident at a UK power station that left a scaffolder with life-changing injuries and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The firm was last week ordered to pay £533,333 by a district judge at Folkestone Magistrates Court after…
A construction firm has been fined £160,000 after a telehandler overturned on one of its sites, killing a construction worker. A statement issued by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) said that Scott Bradley was driving a telehandler on a house build site in Glasgow in May 2022 when it…
The Construction Leadership Council (CLC) has issued a sector directive on using data to drive better health and safety outcomes. The CLC said its Information Management Initiative (IMI), which it developed with Nima – formerly known as the UK BIM Alliance – will stimulate “sector-transforming capabilities in applying emerging digital…
A contractor has been fined £40,000 after one of its workers was paralysed falling through the roof of a house, according to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). A statement from HSE said that Andrew Clifford, a sub-contractor from Chesterfield and father of three fell from height while helping to…
By Gino Spocchia A criminal case brought against contractor Lindner Prater, facade firm Wintech and two other companies over the death of a man hit by a window falling from a building has been adjourned. The firms were due to appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court earlier this week (29 October)…
A contractor has been fined a total of £215,000 after a roofer suffered severe injuries when he was thrown from a cherry picker that was hit by a bus. Main contractor McTaggart Construction Ltd, based in North Ayrshire, pleaded guilty at Glasgow Sheriff Court on 10 October to charges relating…
Persimmon and a self-employed carpenter have been found jointly liable after the carpenter fell nearly five metres from a ladder. Ryan Jones suffered a fractured ankle after falling from the scaffolding system at a Persimmon housing development at Old St Mellons, Cardiff, in August 2018. He was 33 at the…
A farm owner in Cheshire has been fined £16,000 after a roofer died following a fall from a forklift truck at his farm, according to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). Mark Young, a 64-year-old roofing specialist, was working at Moss Hall Farm in February 2021 when he fell around…
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