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BAM Construction has been fined £40,000 after spilling scaffolding tubes and injuring a worker.
Westminster Magistrates’ Court heard that, on 9 December 2015, a pack of scaffolding tubes was being lifted by crane onto a platform that was two stories above the gantry below.
The crane operator had no sight of the load and so was being directed by a slinger-signaller working from the platform.
The load clipped the edge of the platform and tipped, spilling scaffolding tubes onto the gantry and injuring a scaffolder who was working there.
Extra measures were only subsequently put in place to control access to nearby areas during lifting operations.
HSE inspector Stephron Baker Holmes said after the hearing: “Construction companies should think carefully about how best to prevent loads being lifted over people who may be working in areas nearby.
“In some cases it may be possible to restrict access to a particular area while lifting operations are being carried out above.”
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BAM gets £40k fine for dropped loadBAM Construction has been fined £40,000 after spilling scaffolding tubes and injuring a worker.
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BAM Nuttall have not been fined 40k, BAM Construction have. Two different companies. Please correct your headlines.