Firms Fined £100k over Forklift Death at Macclesfield Factory

Posted December 9, 2011 by Emma

Two companies have been fined a total of £100,000 following the death of a maintenance worker who fell from the forks of a forklift truck at a Macclesfield factory.
Martin Denton, 60, was being lifted in a metal container, known as a stillage, on 10 June 2006 when it slipped off and he fell approximately four [...]

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Firms in Court over Liverpool Highways Workers Fatal Fall

Posted December 2, 2011 by Emma

Two construction companies have been fined a total of £60,000 following the death of a worker who fell from a cherry picker on a dual carriageway in Liverpool.
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) prosecuted Amey Infrastructure Services Ltd and Mouchel Parkman Services Ltd following the incident on the A5036 Princess Way in Seaforth on 20 [...]

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Lack of safe lifting zone in overcrowded site led to injury

Posted May 13, 2010 by Dave

A 58-year-old employee suffered multiple injuries after being hit by a heavy load on a congested residential building site in Victoria, London.
City of London Magistrates’ Court heard on 30 April that Stephen James, 58, had been directing crane drivers at the site, on 17 September 2007. He had been slinging a load of 20 strong [...]

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Company fined after worker suffers head injuries

Posted May 5, 2010 by Dave

A Hertfordshire company has been fined after a worker was seriously hurt when he was struck by steel beams falling from a tower crane.

Stephen James, 58, was working as a slinger (a person directing crane drivers) for John Doyle Construction Ltd at a residential development at Wilton Plaza in Victoria in September 2007.
City of London [...]

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