Unsafe scaffold leads to 40,000 pounds sterling fine
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Bingdon Builders, Edmonton, UK, and GKN Kwikform, Birmingham, UK, have been fined 50,000 pounds sterling in total for scaffolding safety contraventions which resulted in the death of construction worker David Ward. The prosecution was brought by the Health & Safety Executive (HSE). Bingdon Builders, Ward's employer, was fined 10,000 pounds sterling and GKN Kwikform, which was responsible for erecting and inspecting the scaffold, was fined 40,000 pounds sterling. GKN Kwikform believed the fine was excessive and disproportionate, with scaffold abuse allegedly widespread in the industry.
Publication Name: Health & Safety at Work
Subject: Human resources and labor relations
ISSN: 0141-8246
Year: 1993
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Scaffold poles dropped by crane on to busy London street costs John Laing 50 000 pounds sterling fine
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Failure to secure 50 metal scaffold poles properly resulted in a potentially very serious accident at a site near the Bank of England in London, England, where construction company John Laing was working. The poles fell seven storeys, and two pierced the bonnet and windscreen of a taxi. However, there were no deaths or serious injuries. Laing has been fined 20,000 pounds sterling for failing to ensure the safety of people not in its employment, and also received a fine of 30,000 pounds sterling for failing to secure the load adequately.
Publication Name: Health & Safety at Work
Subject: Human resources and labor relations
ISSN: 0141-8246
Year: 1997
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Parliament criticised for station kept open during Jubilee work
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A legal case involving an accident at Westminster station, London, has led to criticism that the station was kept open despite construction work being carried out nearby. A steel bar fell through the station roof and a commuter had to have hospital treatment for glass dust in the eyes. The UK Parliament argued against the station being closed. AMEC Civil Engineering and Balfour Beatty Civil Engineering were fined after a prosecution by the UK Health and Safety executive.
Publication Name: Health & Safety at Work
Subject: Human resources and labor relations
ISSN: 0141-8246
Year: 1995
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