Read details of some recent HSE prosecutions and enforcement action in the construction sector and find sources of relevant advice.
Occupational Health
28 March 2012 – A Cornish company has been fined £3,200 and ordered to pay costs of £5,000 after using unqualified staff to screen the health of workers from dozens of other organisations.
The company carried out tests inadequately for 59 companies over a period of at least four years across the UK. The company failed to provide employers with information to prevent workers' health deteriorating and did not refer employees to occupational health professionals when required.
For help and assistance in your construction projects, contact CRS Construction – see details at http://www.crsrisk.com/construction_cdm
Roadworks
20 March 2012 - A leading engineering and construction company has been fined £250,000 for safety failings after a surveyor was killed by a reversing lorry during work to widen the M25 near Dartford.
For help and assistance in your construction projects, contact CRS Construction – see details at http://www.crsrisk.com/construction_cdm
Asbestos
20 March 2012 - A demolition firm has been fined £10,800 and ordered to pay costs of £3,638.95 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.
For help and assistance in your construction projects, contact CRS Construction – see details at http://www.crsrisk.com/construction_cdm
Demolition
9 March 2012 - An Edgware-based construction company and its director have been fined after carrying out unsafe demolition and construction work at a house in Surrey. The firm was fined £15,000 and ordered to pay the full costs of £11,930. The director was fined £1,500 and disqualified from acting as a company director for three years.
29 March 2012 - A West Midlands firm has been fined £8,000 and ordered to pay £3,500 costs after a teenage worker's arm was amputated after being crushed during the demolition of old Grand Cinema in Ramsey town centre in Cambridgeshire.
For help and assistance in your construction projects, contact CRS Construction – see details at http://www.crsrisk.com/construction_cdm
Work at height
12 March 2012 - A Southampton-based roofing company has been fined £2,000 and ordered to pay £1,000 costs after a worker suffered serious injuries when he fell through a fragile skylight.
For help and assistance in your construction projects, contact CRS Construction – see details at http://www.crsrisk.com/construction_cdm
Excavations
30 March 2012 - A Cheshire property developer has been fined £3,000 and ordered to pay £3,837 in prosecution costs after putting the lives of its workers at risk, by allowing them to work in an unsupported excavation.
For help and assistance in your construction projects, contact CRS Construction – see details at http://www.crsrisk.com/construction_cdm
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