Secondary guarding on Mobile Elevated Work Platforms (MEWPs): appraisal of the level of protection o
Mobile Elevated Work Platforms (MEWPs) are used in a range of industries for working at height activities. Entrapment of the operator...
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Norwich care home fined £100,000 after resident fell
A care home has been fined £100,000 after a resident climbed out of a window and fell. The 70-year-old “overcame” a safety restrictor at...
Director convicted following work from height death
(Scotland) Kevin Bowie, sole director of Denny based Precision Decorating Services (Scotland) Ltd, has been given a Community Payback...
Construction employers sentenced following death of roofer
(Northern Ireland) The Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland (HSENI) has led a prosecution against two local construction...
Construction employee sustains multiple fractures after fall from height
Trevor Cook Construction Ltd has been fined after a roof worker fell six metres through a fragile roof sheet whilst working on a barn at...
Business owner prosecuted over fatal accident
The owner of a business based in Odiham, Hampshire has been sentenced to eight months in prison, suspended for 18 months, after a fatal...
Company fined after employee sustains serious injuries in fall from height
A North-East manufacturer of artificial trees, plants and flowers has been sentenced after an employee suffered serious injuries when he...
Sole trader fined after worker injured
William Henry Swanson, trading as LTS Construction, has been fined after a worker suffered serious injuries when he fell through a...
Company fined after worker paralysed by fall at Watford Football Stadium
A company has been fined after a worker was paralysed after falling 11 metres down a stairwell at a football stadium when the concrete...
Scaffold safety rail gave way causing employee to fall
A shopfitting company has been fined after an employee suffered multiple fractures when he fell fifteen feet from scaffolding. On 24...
Construction company fined after three contractors fall
A construction company has been fined following an incident where three contractors fell from height suffering serious injuries. On 18...
Contractors sentenced after employee breaks back in fall from height
A building contractor and a roofing contractor have been fined after an employee fell five metres from a first-floor extension, breaking...
Roofer and scaffolder sentenced following fatal fall from height
A roofer and a scaffolder have been sentenced following a fatal fall from height at a two-storey terraced house on Rosevine Road,...
Construction company fined after worker falls
A construction company has been fined for failing to comply with work at height regulations after a worker fell from a garage roof in...
Utilities company fined after member of the public died following fall into excavation site
A utilities company has been fined after a member of the public suffered fatal injuries after falling into an excavation on a footpath....
School fined after worker injured in fall from ladder
Southend High School for Boys Academy Trust has been sentenced after a worker fell from a ladder. The incident happened on 19 February...
Director fined after young worker fell from height
Wayne McKnight (trading as RJE Construction) has been fined for safety breaches after a 17-year-old worker fell from a mezzanine floor to...
Working at height breaches increase by 84% on construction sites
The Building Safety Group (BSG) has reported an 84% increase in the number of ‘Working at Height’ breaches occurring on construction...
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