Health and Safety

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Company and director fined after public seriously injured by falling scaffold tower on busy high street

Two members of the public suffered serious injuries when a scaffold tower toppled onto Putney high street. HSE found the tower had been assembled incorrectly and covered with sheeting which acted ‘as a sail’ in windy conditions Company had previously been served a prohibition notice for unsafe scaffolding at another site A London construction company […] read more

Property management company fined and managing director handed suspended sentence after death of ‘brave, strong, and determined’ teenage apprentice

18-year-old apprentice joiner Chloe Bidwell was fatally crushed by unsecured board materials at a renovation site in Bangor Chloe was working alone with no lone working policy, inadequate supervision, and no safe storage procedures in place for the boards that killed her An HSE investigation found the company and its director failed to provide safe […] read more