Health and Safety

A roofing company has been fined after repeatedly failing to manage health and safety on construction sites. Westminster Magistrates’ Court heard how between 7 March 2017 and 8 October 2018, Superfast Roofing Ltd received 2 prohibition notices. Serious breaches of legislation were found on sites during roofing work they carried out in London and Essex. …

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Robert Harvey, sole director and employee of Front Row Builders Ltd has been sentenced after an employee, Nicholas Hall was crushed to death by an excavator bucket, which Harvey was operating. The employee was pinned against the wall of an excavation pit for a vehicle wash bay that was under construction for Peter Lawless Road …

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A waste recycling company has been fined after an employee lost part of his arm in a conveyor belt. Lincoln Crown Court heard on 26 April 2015 that the employee of Mid-UK Recycling Ltd was working as a line operator in the building known as Unit 4 MRF (Material Recovery Facility). On the morning of …

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A building development company and its director have been sentenced after unsafe demolition work took place at a former pub in Bexley. Westminster Magistrates’ Court heard that on 22 June 2016, the former Ye Olde Leather Bottle pub was completely demolished without appropriate action taken to ensure members of the public were not in danger …

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A self-employed Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) technician has been fined after a train from a fairground ride he carried out NDT testing on subsequently derailed from the track and crashed to the ground. Hamilton Sheriff Court heard that in April 2016 William Testo, an NDT technician tested the assembled Tsunami rollercoaster at M & D (Leisure) Limited, Strathclyde …

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