Property Company Fined for Dangerous Procedures At Heights
A property company based in Lancashire has been found guilty of exposing workers to dangerous conditions when working at heights. Responding to complaints about the working conditions and the safety conditions for workers, the Health and Safety Executive sent officials to investigate the claims. The inspectors found workers stripping slates from a fragile roof without […]
Business Man Jailed after Worker Suffers Fatal Fall
A business man in charge of converting an old mill in Blackburn has been jailed, and his father, the owner of the building, given a suspended jail sentence following an incident in which a Lithuanian worker died in a fall. The worker, Ivars Bahmanis, was involved in building work at the former canal works building. While […]
Scottish Fatal Accident Inquiry Process to be Modernised
Discretionary Fatal Accident Inquiries (FAIs) for circumstances in which a Scottish person dies abroad and their body is repatriated to Scotland are to be allowed for the first time across the nation, following the introduction of The Inquiries into Fatal Accidents and Sudden Deaths etc. (Scotland) Bill. While the decision whether or not to hold an FAI […]
Firm in Court after Worker Paralysed in Fall
A worker has been left paralysed after falling almost four metres through a fragile roof light in Lauder. Neil Knox, from East Lothian, was apparently a time served and experienced worker, but had no formal training in roof work. At the time of the incident, he was working to replace plastic roof lights on a farm shed. […]
Company Fined for Edinburgh Warehouse Fall
A roofing company from Bristol has recently appeared at Edinburgh Sheriff Court, where it pled guilty to failing to make a suitable and sufficient assessment of the risks to its employees when working at heights after an employee fell through a roof light. The incident happened in July last year at a warehouse in Gorgie Park […]
Worker Suffers Life-Changing Injuries After Fall From Height
A worker suffered serious injuries when he plunged nine metres through a fragile warehouse roof in Northampton. The man was walking on fragile asbestos cement sheeting during roofing work when it gave way beneath him and he fell onto a metal pallet and then the concrete floor. He sustained three fractures to his right arm, multiple fractures […]
