by Goldcross | Jan 22, 2021 | Accidents, Construction
The director of a construction company has been handed a suspended jail sentence after a subcontractor who was working for them was injured as a result of a stack of plasterboards toppling over on a construction site in: Thames Ditton, Surrey. Mr Siamak Samyani, the...
by Goldcross | Jan 11, 2021 | Accidents, Railway
NETWORK Rail have been fined £135,000 after admitting health and safety breaches which led to a 13-year-old boy suffering serious injuries from an electric shock. The boy and two friends had managed to reach the track after climbing over fencing that was subsequently...
by Goldcross | Dec 16, 2020 | Accidents, Construction
A roofing contractor has been fined after a health and safety inspector came across two workers jet washing a steeply pitched roof on a house without adequate protection. Manchester Magistrates’ Court heard that on 5 December 2019, a HSE inspector observed the...
by Goldcross | Sep 22, 2020 | Accidents, Construction, General
‘Check your hard hat’, urges brain injury charity: The brain injury association Headway has teamed up with safety manufacturer Centurion to raise awareness of the importance of using and maintaining hard hats correctly whilst on site. Hard Hat Awareness Week will be...
by Goldcross | Sep 16, 2020 | Accidents, Construction
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) have issued a safety alert highlighting the risk of misleading gas detection readings following a fatal injury. Gas detection may be used in support of risk assessments associated with, for example, hot work or confined space...
by Goldcross | Aug 31, 2020 | Accidents, Construction
Three construction companies have been fined after a worker suffered fatal injuries while demolishing a two-storey building in preparation for a development project. The incident occured on the 13 October 2016 and the subsequent investigation undertaken by the Health...
