Tag: collapse
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‘Lucky nobody was killed’: company fined after house collapse injures four
A Health and Safety Executive (HSE) inspector says it was “lucky nobody was killed” after four men were injured, including two seriously, when the first floor of a house collapsed during building works. Aryn Stones Ltd had been contracted to build a new domestic property in Hampstead, north London. On 31 May 2022, remedial works…
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Falcon unfairly sacked crane operator following Edinburgh jib collapse
An employment tribunal has found that Falcon unfairly dismissed a crane operator following the collapse of a crane at a construction site in Edinburgh two years ago. The crane operator, referred to as G Shields, has been awarded more than £29,000 after the tribunal concluded his dismissal had been “substantively unfair” and there hadn’t been…
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Director fined after worker fractures bones in excavation collapse
A company and its director have been fined a combined £18,000 after a man was injured during excavation work in West Sussex. The accident happened on 23 February 2023 during the installation of a septic tank that JHE Construction was carrying out as part of a full barn conversion at Lone Oak Farm. Edward Keely,…