A building contractor has been fined over serious safety breaches after a worker was killed by a piece of falling cob wall being demolished by his son.
Alaister Copland, trading as Do it Al, was fined a total of £10,000 and ordered to pay compensation to the family of £2,390 at Dorchester C…
A self-employed builder has been fined for demolishing a building without first carrying out an asbestos survey.
Stuart Pearson, of Verwood, Dorset, was prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) at Guildford Magistrates' Court for breaching the Control of Asbestos Regulations between …
UK Demolition Services Ltd. has been fined after a teenage worker's arm was amputated after being crushed during the demolition of old Grand Cinema in Ramsey town centre in Cambridgeshire.
Thomas Bird, from Lichfield, Staffordshire, was working as a labourer for UK Demolition Services Ltd on …
A demolition firm has been sentenced after knocking down a building in the Lake District containing hundreds of asbestos ceiling tiles, putting the lives of workers and local residents at risk.
IBT Contracting Ltd was prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) after carrying out the work…
A Cardiff company has been fined for putting the health of demolition workers at risk after a building survey failed to identify the presence of asbestos.
Between 15 and 25 January 2010 PHH Environmental (UK) Ltd was commissioned to produce an asbestos survey on the soon to be demolished Old Cas…
Two companies have been fined after a demolition worker was engulfed
in flames when he cut through a live 11,000 volt cable at an electricity
substation in Worcester.
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) prosecuted Birmingham firm DSM Demolition Ltd. and Halesowen-based Gould Singleton Architect…
A Kent-based partner of a development company has been prosecuted after dangerous conditions were found at a demolition site in Dover.
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) prosecuted Allan Smith for failing to undertake an asbestos assessment and for not securing a demolition site.
Allan Smith, …
A demolition worker from Croydon has been taken to court after his actions left one of his colleagues with serious leg injuries.
Devon Stoner, 44, of Whitehorse Road in Croydon was prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) after the incident in January this year, when he was carrying out…
A building contractor from South East London has been fined for running a construction site which led to workers being exposed to asbestos-containing materials.
Fadil Adil, of Coniston Road, Bromley, was prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) for the way work was carried out on a co…
Walsh Plant Hire and Demolition Contractors Ltd. has been fined after exposing workers to potentially deadly asbestos fibres at the former Revlon factory in Maesteg.
An investigation by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) found Walsh Plant Hire and Demolition Contractors Ltd of Pontypridd ignore…
H. Cope and Sons Ltd has appeared in court for failing to provide its employees with a safe system of work during the bulldozing of a block of garages.
One of the workers fell through a garage roof after losing his balance, landing on the ground seven feet below.
H. Cope and Sons pleaded guilty to br…
£30k fines after Salford worker killed by digger bucket
Fines totalling £30,000 have been issued following the death of a Salford worker, who was struck by the excavator bucket on a digger. John Cain, 36, was working on a project to demolish the Albert Park Inn on Great Clowes Street in Salford on…
New Local Authority Circular (LAC) – Risk of vehicles falling in motor vehicle repair
This new LAC 57/7, alerts enforcing authorities to the risks of vehicles falling from 2-post lifts in motor vehicle repair (MVR) facilities and outlines the key precautions for safe operation.
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