Work at height

The director of a scaffold firm has been handed a 12-month jail term, suspended for 12 months, after an operative fell five metres onto a concrete pavement and sustained fatal head injuries.

Three construction companies have been fined a total of £256,000 after an employee died during a demolition.

A building contractor has been prosecuted after a self-employed subcontractor fell 15 feet from a youngman board

Two workers were seriously injured when a steel cage crashed into the platform they were working on

A total of 111 individuals lost their lives at work in the 12 months ending 31 March 2020, the lowest ever recorded number of workplace fatal accidents.

A refurbishment company has been prosecuted after an engineer lost half his bloodstream when he fell three metres from an extension ladder

Duo balanced on 45cm ledge, five metres above the ground

HSE inspectors observed unsafe work at height

A tower crane hire company has been fined after a worker fell two metres when the podium steps he was working on toppled over.

The failure to properly plan and appropriately supervise work at height has led to a £60,000 fine for a Basingstoke roofing firm.