Health and Safety

A roofing firm in Manchester has been fined £20,000 after an employee fractured his back falling through a roof during a repair job, the health and safety watchdog has said. The Hightech Roofing N/W Limited worker fell about 4.8 metres through a roof light during the incident in Blackburn on…

A carpentry firm has been fined £8,000 after a 22-year-old died when struck by falling material at a construction site in Cambridgeshire, according to the health and safety watchdog. KM Carpentry Contractors, based in Higham Ferrers, Northamptonshire, was also ordered to pay almost £7,000 in costs after pleading guilty to…

The director of a Cornish housebuilder has been fined more than £60,000 after workers were exposed to asbestos during a hotel demolition job. Paul Stephens, director of Stephens Developers Ltd, pleaded guilty at Truro Crown Court to breaching asbestos regulations, according the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). The prosecution by…

A director has been given a suspended jail sentence after knowingly exposing workers to asbestos. Inspectors were called to a building site operated by Eye Track Ltd in Stretford, Manchester, over concerns about unsafe working at height while units were being demolished to make way for eight new homes, according…

The owner of the Crooked House pub has said it was demolished because of health and safety concerns partly caused by members of the public taking souvenirs from the building. In a planning appeal against an order to rebuild the venue, known as Britain’s wonkiest pub, exactly as it was…

Ardmore has paused work on part of a £75m development in east London while the council investigates reports of a chemical smell. The contractor stopped piling work at a site on the Hackney Yards scheme in Wallis Road, Hackney Wick, after nearby residents complained about air quality, according to a…

Erith Plant Services has been fined £175,000 after a worker was killed by a falling demolition grab at the firm’s workshop. Liam McArdle, 24, was at the facility in Swanscombe, Kent, when the excavator attachment fell onto him while it was being loaded onto a lorry. According to a statement…

Lagan Construction and a local authority have been fined a combined £50,000 after a worker was killed by a falling tree during a storm. Electrical engineer Matthew Campbell, 24, died after working on water mains at Slieve Gullion Forest Park, Newry, Northern Ireland, in September 2018 in stormy conditions. According…

Police and the HSE are conducting a joint investigation into the death of TV star George Gilbey, who has died following a fall from height while working. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) said it was conducting a joint investigation with police into the incident that occurred in Shoebury, Essex,…

A demolition contractor has been fined £130,000 after a site engineer was crushed to death. James Rourke died after being run over by an excavator at the housing job in Brampton, Cambridgeshire, according to a statement by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). The 22-year-old had been attaching ‘warning’ signs…