March 2012 Accidents at Work

Death at Hampstead site leads to prosecution

A construction company and director have been fined following the death of a worker at a site in Hampstead.

Craig Page was working on a building site when a mini-crawler crane was in the process of lifting a skip onto the site. The skip, containing liquid concrete, overturned and the boom of the crane struck Mr Page causing crush injuries to his upper body. He died at the scene.

Harris Calnan Construction Co. Ltd, pleaded guilty. It was fined £80,000 and ordered to pay costs of £66,244. The firm's director also pleaded guilty and was fined £7,500 and ordered to pay costs of £25,000.

Fall from height leads to fines

Two Nottingham companies have been fined after a worker fell more than nine metres, injuring his back. The 38-year-old employee of M-tech Engineering Limited fell from a mobile tower scaffold being used to install a steel staircase. He fractured two vertebrae and was off work for almost seven months.

M-Tech was fined £8,000 and ordered it to pay costs of £4,000. Thomas Long & Sons Limited pleaded guilty to breaching Regulation 22(1)(a) of the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2007 for failing to plan, manage and monitor construction in a way that ensured it was carried out without risks to health and safety. Magistrates fined the company £6,000 with costs of £3,000.

Source www.hse.gov.uk

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