Merchant Homes Partnership has been prosecuted under the CDM Regulations after a worker was killed by a telehandler at a house build site in Glasgow, Scotland.  Scott Bradley had been using the vehicle to move scaffolding behind houses that had been partially built. The telehandler’s wheels went over the edge of the traffic route while it was reversing, causing it to slide down an embankment and overturn.

MD Safety comment:  This case highlights the need for clear procedures for the use of work equipment as well as the need to ensure suitable arrangements for inexperienced workers.

A Manchester-based engineering company has been fined £500,000 after a young apprentice lost the use of two fingers when using a horizontal bandsaw. The apprentice, who was just 18 at the time, suffered the serious injuries to his fingers in an incident at Proline Engineering Limited in Worsely, on 7 November 2022. While one finger was severed completely, the other was surgically re-attached.

MD Safety comment: Another unfortunate case whereby the interface between pedestrians and vehicles has not been maintained.

A construction company has been fined £160,000 after a man was killed by a telehandler at a house build site in Glasgow.  Scott Bradley had been reversing the vehicle at the Stepford Road site when it slid down an embankment and overturned on 11 May 2022.

The owner of Ginsters has been fined £1.28 million after an employee was killed by a lorry that was delivering supplies to the bakery where it makes its pasties.  Paul Clarke was fatally crushed on 2 December 2021 after being struck by the vehicle as it reversed into a loading bay at The Cornwall Bakery, Callington, operated by Samworth Brothers.

A father-of-three was left paralysed from the chest down after falling through a ceiling at a house renovation in Derbyshire.  Chesterfield builder Andrew Clifford remained lying face down on the floor for around six hours before he was found by a delivery driver. He judged the time by hearing hourly news bulletins from his radio.

A company has been fined £80,000 after an employee sustained a fractured skull at its site in Glasgow.  In addition to a fractured skull, the worker sustained a broken clavicle, a ripped earlobe and haematomas down his right side, caused by being struck by a telehandler bucket while working at Grayshill Limited on 19 October 2022.

A construction company has been fined £215,000 after a roofer was thrown from a cherry picker when it was hit by a double decker bus in Glasgow.  The worker fell on a parked car and then on the pavement in the incident in Castlemilk on 4 February, 2022.  He was left with serious and permanent injuries.

A company has been fined after a crane collapsed at its site on Falmouth Docks, putting more than 250 people at risk.  Emergency services declared a major incident following the collapse at A&P Falmouth on 10 May 2017 with the surrounding area being evacuated and cordoned off.

  A CHESHIRE West farm owner has been fined thousands of pounds after a roofing contractor fell from a crate on a forklift truck and tragically died.    Denis Thornhill, 78 and the company which he is a director of, DS Thornhill (Rushton) Limited, were each responsible for health and safety failings in the moments which led to the death of 64-year-old Mark Young at Moss Hill Farm, Rushton, near Tarporley.

THIS WORLD Mental Health Day (10 October), the UK’s leading health and safety organisations are coming together to address poor mental health at work and are calling on the Government, employers and those responsible for workplace health and safety to tackle the issue.