Wienerberger Limited has been fined for safety failings after a worker suffered multiple injuries when he fell from the roof of an industrial brick oven at a site in Bishop Auckland.
Category: Falls from height
East of England firms in court for employee fall
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Two companies have been fined for safety failings after a worker suffered life-changing injuries when he plunged ten metres through a perspex rooflightonto a concrete floor at a Hertfordshire farm.
Firms in court after worker fell from unguarded scaffolding
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Two firms have been prosecuted after a labourer suffered multiple injuries in a fall from unguarded scaffolding.
Companies and director sentenced after worker’s fatal fall
Monday, May 13, 2013
The director of a concrete structures firm has been ordered to pay a total of £25,000 in fines and costs after a worker died following a fall from height at a Swansea building site.
Roofing company in court for ignoring safety risks
Friday, May 10, 2013
A roofing company has been fined for exposing workers to serious risk of injury at a site in Deeside, Flintshire. The work involved replacing fragile asbestos cement roof sheets with metal roof cladding, no safeguards had been put in place to prevent a fall from height while this hazardous work was being carried out.
Worker fell through pig shed roof after firm ignored safety warnings
Thursday, May 9, 2013
A York firm that fits solar panels has been prosecuted after an employee fell four metres through the fragile roof of a pig shed at an East Yorkshire farm.
Gloucester Manufacturer in court for worker fall
Monday, April 22, 2013
A Gloucester electrical products manufacturer has been fined for breaking safety legislation after an employee was injured in a fall at work.
Company fined for worker’s injuries
Monday, April 15, 2013
A self-employed roofer has been fined after an employee suffered major injuries falling through a skylight at a Nuneaton industrial estate.
Company fined for scissor lift training failures
Thursday, April 11, 2013
A Merseyside company has been sentenced for failing to properly train staff on how to use equipment that enables them to work at height.
Seasonal illuminations company fined for employee fall
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
A seasonal illuminations company in Chesham has been fined for safety failings after an employee broke his arm and lost several teeth when he fell from a ladder.
Builder in court over life-threatening roof fall
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
A Merseyside builder has appeared in court after an employee suffered life-threatening injuries when he fell from the roof of a terraced house.
Building firm sentenced after employee falls to death
Monday, April 8, 2013
A building firm and one of its directors have been sentenced after an employee fell 15 metres to his death in an empty water storage tank in Macclesfield.
Ignoring known risks ends in fine for farm manager
Thursday, April 4, 2013
A Hampshire farm manager has been prosecuted after he was caught on camera putting two workers at risk by using the grain bucket on a telehandler to lift them up to a barn roof.
Worker’s tree fall lands farmer in court
Thursday, April 4, 2013
An east Hampshire farm owner has been prosecuted after an untrained worker plunged over four metres from a tree as he was using a chainsaw to prune branches.
Building owner and sub-contractor in court for safety failings at former Brewery
Tuesday, April 2, 2013
The owner of a former Burton upon Trent brewery and the sub-contractor on a project to refurbish it have been prosecuted after a catalogue of safety failings was uncovered surrounding the unsafe removal of asbestos.
County Durham construction firm fined for dangerous site in Aberdeen
Thursday, March 28, 2013
A County Durham construction firm has been fined for dangerous practices on a building site in Aberdeen.
Housing association fined for worker’s fall
Friday, March 22, 2013
A Coventry housing association has been fined for safety failings after an employee fell almost four metres from his ladder while inspecting a gutter.
West Midlands firm in court after teenage worker’s fall
Friday, March 22, 2013
A Halesowen scaffolding company has been fined after an inexperienced 18-year-old apprentice broke his back when he fell more than three metres.
Company fined for unsafe work at height
Thursday, March 21, 2013
A building repair company has been fined for safety failings after workers were seen operating unsafely at height at a Warwick industrial estate.
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