Category: Fall from height
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Construction firm fined £60k after worker’s stairwell fall
A construction company has been fined £60,000 following a wall collapse, which knocked an employee through an open stairwell onto a concrete floor below. Ace Infra pleaded guilty after the incident, which resulted in the employee, Mark Jones, spending a month in hospital recovering from his injuries. Jones, a general labourer, was sweeping up dust…
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Construction firm fined £60k after worker’s stairwell fall
A construction company has been fined £60,000 following a wall collapse, which knocked an employee through an open stairwell onto a concrete floor below. Ace Infra pleaded guilty after the incident, which resulted in the employee, Mark Jones, spending a month in hospital recovering from his injuries. Jones, a general labourer, was sweeping up dust…
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Construction firms fined following site safety failings
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A property refurbishment company and a roofing contractor have both been fined after a worker fell from scaffolding and suffered life-changing injuries. In April 2024, the worker was contracted as a general labourer for Premier Property and Construction on a project managed by Axis Europe in London. During an unplanned lifting operation, the load became…
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Contractor sentenced after worker falls from height
A construction company in Hampshire has been fined £80,000 after a man fell more than 15ft through a skylight during roof repair work. The 29-year-old subcontractor sustained multiple fractures as a result of the fall at an industrial estate in January 2024. As a result, he was unable to work for months and has…