Worker crushed by collapsing wall
A CONSTRUCTION company has been fined £100k after a steel-fixer was seriously injured when a newly built blockwork wall collapsed at a site in Poole.
A CONSTRUCTION company has been fined £100k after a steel-fixer was seriously injured when a newly built blockwork wall collapsed at a site in Poole.
A CHESHIRE property developer has been fined £45k after the Health and Safety Executive found multiple failures at a construction site in Manchester.
A LARGE wood manufacturer in Shropshire has been fined £160k after an employee sustained life-changing injuries when working at their Ellesmere premises.
A STAFFORDSHIRE-based home improvement company has been fined £16,500 after a worker sustained serious injuries when he fell from height while carrying out gutter replacement work.
A FILM studio in Hertfordshire has been fined £6,000 after poor management of minor building works led to the disturbance of asbestos – putting employees at risk of exposure to asbestos fibres.
A CONSTRUCTION company that specialises in road resurfacing in London has been fined £1m after one of its employees was killed by a reversing road-sweeper.
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