| The biggest causes of workplace deaths |
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One of the injured men, Ashley Burton, said the incident had affected him deeply and admitted to still being nervous about climbing ringlock scaffolding to do his work. The court was told the incident was caused by a number of parties carrying out their allotted tasks with little regard for others in terms of co-operation and co-ordination. The scaffold was overloaded with people and building materials and there was no suitable site supervision nor management of the tasks to be undertaken. He was fined £1,000 and ordered to pay costs of £6,832. Martin Taylor, Principal Contractor of the same company pleaded guilty to breaching regulation 22(1) of the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2007 at court today. He was fined £1,000 and ordered to pay costs of £6,832. HSE’s Inspector Russell Smith said: “Falls from height are the biggest causes of workplace deaths and it’s crucial that employers make sure work is properly planned, supervised and carried out to protect staff from these risks.” “In this case, it is extremely fortunate that nobody was killed, however, it could have been so much worse. If there was adequate management of the construction site, this incident could easily have been prevented.” John Marton, Principal Contractor of Select Estates Ltd of Hurst Green pleaded guilty to regulation 22(1) of the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2007 at court today (15 March).
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