Developer fined £600,000

The Principal Contractor, of a Putney, London, development was fined £600,000 and ordered to pay costs of £14,935. following the death of a worker died and two others being badly injured when a temporary platform collapsed. The platform, which were part of ‘temporary works’ was neither built to an agreed safe design, nor was the quality of the build checked by those in control of the site, even though they were crucial to the safety of workers on upper floors.