Scaffolding firm fined £5K after scaffolder fell eight-meters
A scaffolding company has been fined £5000 after one of its workers fell from an eight-meter-high scaffold. JR Scaffolding Services has claimed responsibility in court after a cantilever scaffold collapsed leaving a scaffolder with serious injuries in September 2016. The 47-year-old scaffolder sustained a collapsed lung, a ruptured spleen, and multiple rib and shoulder fractures. His spleen was also removed as...
Scaffolding Firm Fined For No Licence
A Romford based scaffolding company has been prosecuted for erecting scaffolding in South East London with no Pavement Licence. JCS Scaffolding Services Ltd, based in Romford, has been fined £1,283 after pleading guilty at Bromley Magistrates' Court. According to local media, the court heard that Bromley Council received a report in...
Worker dies in scaffold ladder fall
A contractor has been fined after an employee fell to his death from a ladder while exiting a scaffold at Jute Street, Aberdeen. Aberdeen Sheriff Court heard that on 21 September 2016, Joseph Kane, an employee of roofing contractor Henderson and Aitken Limited fell from the top rungs of a ladder when it slipped sideways on the scaffold. Mr Kane...
No edge protection lands roofers in court
Both partners of a roofing firm have been sentenced after working unsafely on a Bowls Club in Salisbury. Swindon Magistrates’ Court heard how between April and May 2018 employees of CB Roofing were seen working on the roof with unsafe access, no edge protection and nothing to prevent falls through the fragile roof material. An investigation by the HSE found that...
Scaffolding boss receives suspended jail sentence for scaffolders death
A scaffolding boss has received a suspended jail sentence and a roofing contractor has been fined after a scaffolder was killed falling through a fragile roof during construction work at a factory in Staffordshire. Wolverhampton Crown Court heard how on 19 September 2015, at the Norton Aluminium foundry site in Norton Canes, a...
Scaffolding contractor fined after scaffolder falls 40ft at steel plant
Rowecord Total Access has been fined £9,600 and £100,000 costs after a scaffolder suffered "catastrophic, life-changing" injuries in a fall at Port Talbot steel plant. In January 2014 Stephen Kift fell 40ft onto a steel girder at Tata's steelwork site. He suffered "multiple catastrophic life-changing injuries," a court heard. His...
Scaffolding boss wins tribunal claim
An ex scaffolding boss has won an employment tribunal claim after he missed out on a £20,000 bonus when he took his son to hospital for an operation. Network Scaffolding Contractors, part of Taziker Industrial in Horwich accused Will Webb of failing to work his notice at the firm. A...
Company fined after live electrical cable is fixed to scaffolding
A Jersey scaffolding firm has been fined £45,000 after putting workers at risk of electrocution and burns. Jubilee Scaffolding Company was contracted to erect scaffolding at a property in St Lawrence, Jersey in August 2018. But shortly after the scaffolding was erected, the owner of the property was surprised to discover that an uninsulated mains electrical cable had been secured to...
Firm Fined After Child Falls From Scaffolding
A scaffolding company has been sentenced after a 12-year-old boy slipped off a scaffold ladder, falling 10 metres. Cardiff Magistrates’ Court heard how, in May 2017, two boys were able to climb the rungs of a ladder within scaffolding erected by Doncaster based Westdale Services Limited, by placing their feet either side of a ladder guard that did not cover...
Contractor jailed for skimping on scaffolding
A Salford builder has been given a suspended sentenced for his cutting corners approach to health and safety. Manchester Magistrates’ Court heard how, in July 2018, whilst carrying out repointing work at a house in Altrincham, Kenneth Morris allowed his employees to work on unguarded platforms six metres in height. The workers were also not provided with adequate protection from...