Suspended jail sentences after fatal roof fall
Suspended jail sentences after fatal roof fall
Court sentences two men after hearing of safety failures on over-cladding job
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Court sentences two men after hearing of safety failures on over-cladding job
Court sentences two men after hearing of safety failures on over-cladding job
Kirkcaldy Sheriff Court heard that John Gary Robertson, known as Gary Robertson, employed by CBR02 Limited (formerly known as Brown and Mason) suffered multiple injuries following a fall from height at Longannet Power Station, Fife on 6 February 2019. CBR02 Limited went into administration in 2020. A joint investigation by the Health and Safety Executive and Police Scotland into the incident found that the section of metal grating on the pipe bridge which the deceased had been standing gave wa...
Kirkcaldy Sheriff Court heard that John Gary Robertson, known as Gary Robertson, employed by CBR02 Limited (formerly known as Brown and Mason) suffered multiple injuries following a fall from height at Longannet Power Station, Fife on 6 February 2019. CBR02 Limited went into administration in 2020. A joint investigation by the Health and Safety Executive and Police Scotland into the incident found that the section of metal grating on the pipe bridge which the deceased had been standing gave wa...
Cleveland Police said the teenager has been released under investigation while enquiries continue. Police were called to the housing development in Eaglescliffe on Monday morning where the victim is understood to have been hit by a vehicle. A police statement said: “A man has sadly died after an alleged incident at a building site on Urlay Nook Road, Eaglescliffe, yesterday morning. “Police received a report of an incident around 10am on Monday 10 October, and a man believed to be aged in ...
Cleveland Police said the teenager has been released under investigation while enquiries continue. Police were called to the housing development in Eaglescliffe on Monday morning where the victim is understood to have been hit by a vehicle. A police statement said: “A man has sadly died after an alleged incident at a building site on Urlay Nook Road, Eaglescliffe, yesterday morning. “Police received a report of an incident around 10am on Monday 10 October, and a man believed to be aged in ...
Reading Crown Court heard that Rick Jeager-Fozard, an employee of Kimberly Access Limited, was carrying out a routine pre-delivery inspection on a mobile elevating work platform (MEWP) at the firm’s yard on 5 June 2013. The MEWP extended to an unsafe angle and fell across the adjacent M25 motorway. Jeager-Fozard was working in the platform of the MEWP, falling with the device. An HSE investigation found that the device had become unsafe because a miscalibration of its secondary boom angle ...
Reading Crown Court heard that Rick Jeager-Fozard, an employee of Kimberly Access Limited, was carrying out a routine pre-delivery inspection on a mobile elevating work platform (MEWP) at the firm’s yard on 5 June 2013. The MEWP extended to an unsafe angle and fell across the adjacent M25 motorway. Jeager-Fozard was working in the platform of the MEWP, falling with the device. An HSE investigation found that the device had become unsafe because a miscalibration of its secondary boom angle ...
Steven Wenham, 48, of Brighton, was sentenced to five years in prison at Lewes Crown Court yesterday after previously pleading not guilty to manslaughter by gross negligence. Both he and his company Total Contractor’s Ltd were also found guilty of two offences under the Health and Safety at Work Act regarding failure to properly safeguard against serious injury or death from a fall from height. Total Contractor’s was fined £190,000 and ordered to pay £30,000 costs and a £170 victim surc...
Steven Wenham, 48, of Brighton, was sentenced to five years in prison at Lewes Crown Court yesterday after previously pleading not guilty to manslaughter by gross negligence. Both he and his company Total Contractor’s Ltd were also found guilty of two offences under the Health and Safety at Work Act regarding failure to properly safeguard against serious injury or death from a fall from height. Total Contractor’s was fined £190,000 and ordered to pay £30,000 costs and a £170 victim surc...
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Court hears victim fell from ladder secured with two nails hammered into a timber frame on either side of it
Court hears victim fell from ladder secured with two nails hammered into a timber frame on either side of it
An employee of Cairns Heritage Homes Limited was carrying out a repair to the roof of Nottingham Recycling Limited on 1 August 2019 when he fell approximately 7m to the floor below. A scaffold tower had been constructed for access to the roof but there were inadequate measures in place to ensure that the work would be completed safely. The worker accessed the roof, attempting to devise his own ad-hoc working methods which included constructing a makeshift ladder/staging system from wooden plan...
An employee of Cairns Heritage Homes Limited was carrying out a repair to the roof of Nottingham Recycling Limited on 1 August 2019 when he fell approximately 7m to the floor below. A scaffold tower had been constructed for access to the roof but there were inadequate measures in place to ensure that the work would be completed safely. The worker accessed the roof, attempting to devise his own ad-hoc working methods which included constructing a makeshift ladder/staging system from wooden plan...
Office for Nuclear Regulation orders improvements by Bouygues and Laing O’Rourke
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P & R Plant Hire (Lincolnshire) Limited, D. Brown (Building Contractors) Limited, Brent Woods and Darrell Tripp were all fined following the death of Josh Disdel. In July 2018 Disdel and another worker, both employed by P & R Plant Hire, had been tasked with clearing debris from manholes at the site. While work was taking place Disdel’s colleague was asked if he could move the works van to allow another vehicle to pass. He was not aware that Disdel was lying on the road with his head and tor...
P & R Plant Hire (Lincolnshire) Limited, D. Brown (Building Contractors) Limited, Brent Woods and Darrell Tripp were all fined following the death of Josh Disdel. In July 2018 Disdel and another worker, both employed by P & R Plant Hire, had been tasked with clearing debris from manholes at the site. While work was taking place Disdel’s colleague was asked if he could move the works van to allow another vehicle to pass. He was not aware that Disdel was lying on the road with his head and tor...