Category: Construction fatalities
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Suspended jail sentence for director after roofer’s fatal fall from height
The director of a Leicester-based construction company has been given a suspended prison sentence after a man fell from height while working on site and died in hospital weeks later. Stephen Pywell, 59, was working for Affordable Lifestyle Design Ltd on a project in Thurmaston on 18 March 2019 when he fell from a height…
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Company and operations manager fined after fall from height death
Surface Technik (Old Hill) Ltd, formerly of Deepdale Lane, Dudley, which is now in liquidation, was found guilty by a jury of a breach of Section 2 (1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974. It was fined £90,000 and ordered to pay costs of £28,956 at a hearing at Wolverhampton Magistrates…
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Contractor with ‘outdated H&S attitudes’ fined after fatal church steeple fall
Ecclesiastical Steeplejacks Ltd, which has ceased trading since the accident, pleaded guilty to contravening Regulation 4(1) of the Work at Height Regulations 2005. It was fined £60,000 at a hearing at Birmingham Magistrates’ Court on 15 January 2025. View the original article and our Inspiration here