Fine after worker falls through roof
AN ASBESTOS removal company has been fined after a worker fell off a garage roof and fractured a vertebrae bone in his back.
AN ASBESTOS removal company has been fined after a worker fell off a garage roof and fractured a vertebrae bone in his back.
A FORGING company has been fined after an employee suffered a fatal injury when he fell from height from a mobile tower scaffold.
HSE HAS published a report detailing that agriculture has the worst rate of fatal injuries of all the major industrial sectors, around 20 times higher than the average five-year annual rate across all industries.
PROVISIONAL DATA released from the HSE shows that a total of 142 workers were killed at work in Great Britain in 2020/21, an increase of 29 from the previous year, though the number of deaths in 2019/20 (113) was low compared to other recent years.
A UTILITIES company has been fined after a member of the public suffered fatal injuries after falling into an excavation on a footpath.
WAYNE MCKNIGHT (trading as RJE Construction) has been fined for safety breaches after a 17-year-old worker fell from a mezzanine floor to the ground below.
DAVID GRAY, the managing director of TB Davies (Cardiff) Ltd has become the vice chairman of the Ladder Association.
SOUTHEND HIGH School for Boys Academy Trust has been sentenced after a worker fell from a ladder.
A FACILITIES and construction management company, along with the director, have been fined after unsuitable scaffolding partially collapsed, injuring two workers.
SOLE TRADER, Ian Pitman, has been fined after a sub-contractor fell five metres through a sky light onto a concrete floor.
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