by Goldcross | Jun 28, 2022 | Construction, General
A Lincolnshire based manufacturing company that specialises in lifting and handling equipment has been fined after an employee died after falling with a work platform onto the M25 motorway. Reading Crown Court heard that Rick Jeager-Fozard, an employee of Kimberly...
by Goldcross | May 13, 2022 | Accidents, Construction
A Kent company, RPS Scaffolding Ltd, has been fined following an incident where a scaffold the company erected collapsed, injuring two workers. Westminster Magistrates’ Court heard that on 10 August 2020, two individuals were injured when a scaffold they were working...
by Goldcross | May 7, 2022 | Construction, General
Lancashire County Council has been fined after several employees carrying out work in the highways department developed a debilitating nerve condition as a result of failure to control exposure to vibration. Manchester Magistrates’ Court heard that, in February 2019,...
by Goldcross | Apr 20, 2022 | Accidents, Construction, General
A MANCHESTER CONSTRUCTION COMPANY was fined after loft conversion and ground floor extension work to a three-bedroom domestic property in Stretford caused much of the house to collapse. Manchester Magistrates’ Court heard that on 4 May 2020, Mughal Construction...
by Goldcross | Apr 14, 2022 | Accidents, Construction, General
Gurmit Properties Limited were fined today for safety breaches after a substantial part of a wall at a construction site at Barnsley Road, South Elmsall collapsed, seriously injuring a child. Leeds Magistrates’ Court heard that, Gurmit Properties Limited (GPL) were...
by Goldcross | Jan 7, 2022 | Accidents, Construction
A contractor and a water management company have been fined after a worker was injured when he was hit by a 1.5 tonne water valve. Newcastle upon Tyne Magistrates’ Court heard that on 5 June 2018, Northumbrian Water Limited had contracted JW Colpitts & Co Limited...
