Companies fined over £1million after worker’s death
Three companies have been fined a total of over £1million after workers fell around 16 metres when a temporary platform collapsed. A carpenter and a steel-fixer were working on a temporary platform above the opening to a stairwell on the 9th floor of a construction...BT fined £500,000 after worker breaks back and ankles in fall from height
British Telecom has been fined £500,000 and ordered to pay costs of nearly £100,000 after one its employees fell from a loft and broke his back and his ankles. The court heard how David Spurgeon was fixing a telephone fault in a residential block of flats in London....Company fined after worker crushed to death
A Derbyshire waste management company has been fined £300,000 and ordered to pay costs of a further £50,000 after one of its workers was crushed to death between two vehicles. Derby Crown Court heard how 39-year-old employee Matthew Lambert was in the process of...BT fined £600,000 for worker’s falls
British Telecom PLC have been fined £600,000 and ordered to pay costs of £60,000 following injuries sustained by two of their workers through falling from height while working. Teesside Crown Court heard how two of the company’s Open Reach engineers had been working...Two companies fined after one worker’s fall
A window fitting company and the principal contractor at a construction site have both been fined for safety failings by the HSE after a worker was seriously injured after falling three metres while installing windows. Darren Sheppard, a 54 year-old employee of GFT...
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