In The Courts

W G Carter has been fined £120,000 after carpenter Richard “Felix” Roper suffered fatal injuries in a fall during building work, with HSE pointing to safer access and work sequencing.

A Queensland coroner has called for mandatory additional controls on freestanding tower scaffolds in public places after finding that the industry’s accepted height-to-base rule of thumb was not enough to protect against strong winds.

A West Yorkshire housebuilder has been fined £300,000 after a scaffolding labourer suffered serious spinal injuries in a fall through an unprotected stairwell opening.

A London developer and its director have been fined after unsafe roof work continued despite a subcontractor’s risk assessment identifying scaffolding as a required control.

A Lancashire sign-fitting company and its director have been prosecuted after a worker died from head injuries sustained in a fall from scaffolding lacking...

A Merseyside scaffolding company has been fined £30,800 after an investigation found workers had been using an unsafe scaffold at a construction site in...

A scaffolding company has been fined £28,000 after a tool fell from height into a busy street, narrowly missing pedestrians below. Access Ltd, trading as...

A self-employed roofer has been handed a suspended prison sentence after a worker suffered serious injuries in a fall from scaffolding in Devon. Daniel Hooper,...

A specialist glasshouse contractor has been fined more than £330,000 after a scaffolder came into contact with an 11kV overhead power line. Beverley Magistrates’ Court...

An unqualified scaffolder and roofer have been sentenced following a fatal fall from a scaffold ladder access at a two-storey terraced house in Wimbledon. Southwark...