Two firms have been fined after an employee of a construction company fell through a roof onto a concrete floor below. Lincoln Magistrates’ Court heard how on 23 January 2018 an employee of Italian construction company Zamperoni F.lli srl was refurbishing a shed structure at casting company Bifrangi UK, Lincoln. As the man worked on …
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read moreAn engineering firm has been fined after a worker suffered severe crush injuries while working on a mould making machine. Northampton Magistrates Court heard how an RSM Castings Ltd employee was injured after attempting to light the burners on a moulding machine at their Northampton plant on 11 April 2018While the employee leant into the …
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read moreAn electric gate company has been fined after a six-year-old boy was fatally crushed whilst playing on a sliding gate installed by the company. Leeds Crown Court heard how, on 31 October 2015, the boy was playing with friends on the gate of an underground car park on Leylands Road, Leeds, pushing it open and …
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read moreA concrete production company has today been fined after a welder lost four fingers during an unsafe lifting operation. Southwark Crown Court heard how on 27 September 2016, at the company’s Kings Cross site in York Way, a forklift was being used to lift and swivel a large metal gate attached to the truck with …
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read moreThree construction companies have been fined after the director of one of the firms received serious injuries after falling 11 metres when a gust of wind blew him off a roof. The three firms, Bowmer and Kirkland Ltd, Advance Roofing Ltd and JKW Roofing were working on the roof of the new three storey teaching …
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