Manchester aluminium diecaster fined £140,000
15th August 2016
Second edition of HSG246 published.
17th August 2016

Crdiff construction firm fined £143,000

A Cardiff-based construction company has been fined £143,000 and ordered to costs of £15,029 after a worker was seriously injured falling down a lift pit. The court was told that there had been numerous management failings associated with this project, which included a lack of effective site management and supervision, a construction plan that did not properly consider obvious working at height risks and a lack of an effective Temporary Works Management System