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Work at height - In court articles

Construction firm neglected its duty of care to workers

21 May 2012

Egg packer fell through hole in barn floor

09 May 2012

Farming firm fined for forklift fall

04 May 2012

Shipyard apprentice hurt after scaffolding boards see-sawed

03 May 2012

Parish council fined after worker paralysed in church fall

01 May 2012

Poor site management was a result of recklessness

26 April 2012

Warwick Castle operator fined £350,000 in moat-death trial

25 April 2012

Worker hung on for life during scaffold collapse

16 April 2012

Seven workers injured in building collapse at university

12 April 2012

Building firm failed to learn lessons from earlier prosecution

12 April 2012

Firm failed to monitor work at height

20 March 2012

Director qualified as an electrician left circuit unsafe

09 March 2012

Horse trainer in dock following stables roof fall

02 March 2012

HSE inspector “appalled” by roof fall

20 February 2012

“No excuse” for failing to ensure fairground ride was safe

20 February 2012

Unsecure working platform was not checked before use

07 February 2012

Inadequate roof-access equipment increased risk to farm worker

02 February 2012

Dementia patient dies in care-home escape

01 February 2012

Factory worker fell following catalogue of safety errors

30 January 2012

Three firms in the dock for contractor’s roof fall

25 January 2012

Unsafe work method led to seven-metre plunge

19 January 2012

Fatal fall results in suspended prison sentence

17 January 2012

Footage of safety failings found on victim’s phone

16 January 2012

Roofer more concerned about beating the rain than safety 

13 January 2012

Local authority in dock for multiple safety breaches

12 January 2012

Inadequately trained migrant worker fell through glass roof

10 January 2012

Worker breaks back in fall during poorly planned job

13 December 2011

Worker fell to his death when cherry-picker collapsed

07 December 2011

Untrained worker fell from unsupported ladder

29 November 2011

Worker injured in fall from unsuitable platform on lift truck

25 November 2011

Unsecure scaffold collapsed into road

17 November 2011

HSE made aware of roof fall by injured worker’s mother

16 November 2011

Father and son partnership had “blatant disregard for safety”

15 November 2011

Fall from unsecured ladder led to a broken back

11 November 2011

Cash-and-carry roofers “took no precautions whatsoever”

09 November 2011

Building firm that ignored HSE advice fined £145,000

04 November 2011

Three parties fined over electrocution of worker

10 October 2011

Forklift service firm didn’t consider danger of working on truck roof

10 October 2011

Worker catapulted from scaffold by falling fridge

03 October 2011

Worker fell eight feet out of telehandler bucket

30 September 2011

Father and son car dealers fined over skylight fall

29 September 2011

Teenager fell from moving fairground ride

15 September 2011

Roofer given suspended sentence for friend’s fatal fall

07 September 2011

Prohibition Notice breached during follow-up inspection

06 September 2011

Energy giant lands £519,000 penalty for power-line fatality

01 September 2011

Manager fined for role in fatal ladder fall

30 August 2011

Passing inspector halts unsafe roof-work

23 August 2011

Satellite firm fined £1 for roof death

18 August 2011

Worker seriously hurt in fall from inadequately protected fragile roof

10 August 2011

Firms fined £300,000 for dangerous-drop oversight

02 August 2011