A Hull based firm has been prosecuted after a worker fell from height in an accident at work. The 58 year old worker, also from Hull, had being painting the top of a water storage tank in East Yorkshire, when he lost his balance when walking along the curved top and fell nearly four metres… Read More
A major construction company and a concrete structures firm have been jointly prosecuted following the fatal fall of worker on a construction site in Swansea. The self-employed father of two, Russell Samuel from Porth, was contracted by Febrey Ltd top work as a scaffolder at the Swansea construction site, managed by Carillion Construction Ltd. When… Read More
A scaffolding firm and its director have been prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) after a worker sustained life changing head injuries in a construction site accident. The worker was untrained in dismantling scaffolding, and was passing boards to another worker from the first lift of the scaffold when he lost his footing… Read More
A worker suffered serious injuries at work from a fall from height. The scaffolding company he was working for in Dartford, and its director have been prosecuted following a Health and Safety Executive (HSE) investigation. The worker was hospitalised for 10 days following his fall from height at work, and was unable to work for… Read More
A building contractor has been prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) following the death of a work after a fall from height. The 21 year old worker, from West Yorkshire was employed by a roofing contractor working for a principal contractor. They were working on the roof of a shopping centre in Bangor… Read More
Two companies have been prosecuted following a fatal accident at work. Martin McMenemy, 52, of Grimsby was working for a Grimsby based company, O. Turner Insulation Ltd. In April 2008, he was working on the construction of a food processing plant in Leicester. When using a scissor lift to install wall and ceiling panels, he… Read More
A company making modular timber buildings has been prosecuted after a worker was injured. The company had been contracted to replace a canopy between two temporary buildings at a Shropshire school when the worker was injured in August 2011. William Phillips was standing on the canopy with two fellow workers when he fell 3 metres… Read More
A Surrey based company, Landmark Groundworks was prosecuted to the near death fall sustained by a worker following a construction site accident. Bola Akinola, who was working on the site under sub-contractors to Landmark Groundworks, fell more than four metres when steelwork, that was supporting a concrete floor planks, failed which caused the material to… Read More
A demolition boss was prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) after a worker was left paralysed following a fall from the roof of a pub in Sutherland. The worker was working for David Brian Riseborough who owns North Eastern Demolition Company, when the incident happened in June 2010. The firm was demolishing a… Read More
Antony Capewell was injured at work whilst operating a circular saw and the Health & Safety Executive (HSE) has prosecuted the firm for breaching Health and Safety. Mr Capewell was using a circular table saw to make angular cuts into timber lengths whilst working for a Staffordshire kennel company. He was not using and jigs… Read More
