Tag: fined
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Contractor fined after collapsing wall kills ‘full of life’ employee
A building company has been fined £56,775 after an employee was crushed to death when a 1.8m-high retaining wall collapsed on him. Gary Anstey, 57, from Bristol, was working for H Mealing & Sons Ltd at a school construction site in Bath when the incident happened on 19 March 2019. An investigation by the Health…
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Builder fined after boy’s skull fractured by falling pipe
A construction company and its director have been fined after a five-year-old child was injured by a falling cast-iron pipe. The incident happened on 20 July 2021 when Sage Homes Ltd was carrying out work on an extension to a house in Totton, near a local primary school. A cast-iron pipe fell onto a passing…
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Roofer fined for failing to provide edge protection that led to serious injury
Gary Smith of Watling Street, Dunstable, pleaded guilty to a breach of Regulation 4(1) of the Work at Height Regulations 2005. He was fined £2,125 and ordered to pay costs of £5,445 at a hearing at Luton & South Bedfordshire Magistrates’ Court on 29 July 2025. View the original article and our Inspiration here
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Tata Steel fined £1.5m after ‘basic’ H&S failures that led to contractor’s death
Tata Steel has been fined £1.5m following the death of a contractor at its Port Talbot steelworks plant on 25 September 2019. Forty-four-year-old Justin Day was working at the steel manufacturer’s site in South Wales when he was crushed to death by a piece of machinery. On the day of the accident, a hydraulic leak…
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Firms that pay suppliers late could be fined millions under new laws
“Late payments have plagued the sector for too long, causing significant cashflow challenges, hindering growth, and in many cases, forcing businesses to shut up shop. Over the past decade, construction firms have accounted for approximately 18% of total insolvencies in England and Wales, whilst accounting for less than 15% of companies. View the original article…
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Developer fined after 23-year-old crushed by faulty lift
A London property developer has been fined £40,000 after a member of the public was crushed by a faulty falling lift at a residential property. The 23-year-old man had returned to the flats on Cambridge Heath Road, east London, with a group of friends after a night out on 9 September 2019. When he and…
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Joinery firm fined £10,000 after surprise inspection
Abbey Joinery and Manufacture Ltd, of Whorlton Road in Middlesbrough, pleaded guilty to breaching Section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974. It was fined £10,000 and ordered to pay £4,428 in costs by Teesside Magistrates’ Court. View the original article and our Inspiration here
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Developer fined £165,000 after ‘blatant disregard’ for fire safety during works
An Altrincham-based construction company has been fined £165,000 after it repeatedly failed to implement fire precautions during the renovation of a residential project in Preston. Glovers Court Ltd was found guilty of four offences relating to the redevelopment of a former city centre warehouse into 35 apartments across six floors. In May 2023, the Glovers…
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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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Site supervisor fined after exposing schoolchildren to asbestos
A construction site supervisor has been fined after he exposed primary school pupils and staff to asbestos during renovation work. Adrian Barraclough, 54, was working as a site supervisor during the refurbishment of kitchen facilities at Holy Family Catholic Primary School in Bristol in May 2023. He cut through asbestos insulating board using a circular…