Two construction companies have been fined after a woman was struck by scaffolding fittings dropped from a crane. Weymouth Magistrates’ Court heard how employees of Carter Training Ltd were using a mobile crane in Queen Mothers Square, Poundbury, Dorchester when an attachment holding 500 scaffolding fittings was turned on its side. The fittings, weighing 2kg…
Read articleA London roofing company has been fined £160,000 plus costs after a worker fell two storeys onto a concrete floor. Southwark Crown Court heard how 56-year old Ali Mucoj had been completing roof work for Wessexmoor Ltd at a site on Glycena Road in London when he fell from an unguarded rear roof. He suffered…
Read articleSeparate investigations are underway after a man was crushed by an articulated trailer at Dublin Port. The man, aged in his 60s, was helping to load the trailer onto a ferry at 1.30pm on Thursday when he became trapped, it is understood. The victim was taken to the Mater Hospital where he was pronounced dead…
Read articleTWO men have been killed after a crane collapsed at a building site in Crewe, police have revealed. Air ambulance leaves site of crane incident in Crewe Emergency services raced to the scene to free victims from the wreckage after the construction equipment collapsed in Phoenix Leisure Park, Dunwoody Way, Crewe.Cheshire Police confirmed the deaths…
Read articleUK Safety professionals are urging the government to end its obsession with deregulating health and safety in the wake of the Grenfell Tower blaze. More than 70 organisations and figures from the UK’s safety and health profession have jointly called for a political sea change in attitude towards health and safety regulation and fire risk…
Read articleThe English government has directed local authorities and social housing landlords to run tests on any cladding on their tower blocks that has a composite core. Tower block landlords have been told that from today (Tuesday 20th June), where ACM panels have been identified, they must take steps to establish that they are of limited…
Read articleMonday 12th June Today marks the start of a Health and Safety Authority (HSA) campaign to reduce occupational health risks in the construction sector. Inspectors from the HSA will be visiting 250 construction sites, nationwide, over the next week with a particular focus on reducing exposure to carcinogens. The inspection campaign will be addressing exposure…
Read article‘A tragic loss of life’ – six killed in London tower block blaze with death toll expected to rise Six fatalities confirmed in ‘unprecedented’ blaze 20 people critical in hospital after London tower block fire Report: ‘Significant number’ of people unaccounted for Children thrown from windows by terrified parents Cause of fire unknown 74 treated…
Read articleHospitalisation of 11 workers adds to the pressure on the Dublin plant The hospitalisation of 11 workers following a major incident at Dublin’s new waste incinerator at Poolbeg forced the temporary closure of the plant within days of it coming into operation. The incinerator is still only at the commissioning stage, but the timing of…
Read articleA Scottish groundworks contractor company has been fined after a worker fell more than seven metres through a fragile roof. Stranraer Sheriff Court heard how a 42-year-old man had been subcontracted by McKeown Groundworks Ltd to carry out roof repairs on a barn at Whiteley’s Farm in Stranraer. The man began work on the roof…
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