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A tower crane hire company has been fined after a worker fell two metres when the podium steps he was working on toppled over. Cambridge Magistrates’ Court heard that, in November 2017, a worker was welding metal components while working at height on a set of podium steps which had been taken from another factory. …

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A self-employed gas fitter has been jailed after working on gas appliances while unregistered. Manchester Crown Court heard that in November 2014, Mr Richard Goldthorpe was served a Prohibition Notice by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) banning him from carrying out gas work unless he gained the necessary competence and registered with the Gas …

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A construction company has been fined after a worker fell from a platform causing him to be knocked unconscious and suffer a broken wrist. Peterlee Magistrates’ Court heard that, on 28 August 2018, during refurbishment work at Old Eldon Farm, Shildon, a site operative fell from a raised platform. The operative was undertaking work to …

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A packaging company has been fined after an employee was struck by a reversing forklift truck. Reading Magistrates’ Court heard that on 9 August 2018 an employee, Arthur Weston, working at Boxes and Packaging (Oxford) Limited in Long Crendon, was struck by a reversing forklift truck when he bent down to pick up a broken …

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A construction company has been fined after a painter and decorator fell from an unprotected landing on the second floor of a house. Reading Magistrates’ Court heard that, on 28 January 2019, the employee of R A Shayler & Son Limited suffered life changing injuries when he fell from a second floor landing down to …

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