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You are here: Home / Workers Comp News / British Firm Sentenced, 4 Workers Suffer Injuries

British Firm Sentenced, 4 Workers Suffer Injuries

July 9, 2015 By //  by Kori Shafer-Stack Leave a Comment

A Worcestershire, Great Britain firm has been sentenced for safety failings after four workers were injured, one of them seriously, when a roof truss in a new extension collapsed during construction causing several others to fall.

 

Four men working on the extension were caught in the collapse at premises in Brandon Court, Binley, Coventry, in June of 2014.

 

One man was trapped by his legs, two suffered minor injuries and the fourth, a 37-year-old who does not wish to be named, suffered severe grazing and a fracture to his lower spine which led to many painful months off work.

 

NuneatonMagistrates’ Court heard this June that the principal contractor for the project was DP Designs Ltd, which was prosecuted for safety failings following an investigation by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE).

 

The court heard that due to an omission during the planning and procurement process of the project, a critical structural truss had been overlooked. This led to the workers attempting to install the trusses in an unstable manner, but as soon as they realized it was an issue they stopped working in that area.

 

However, the following day, one of the trusses broke, causing a domino effect as several other trusses collapsed above the area where the men were currently working.

 

Proper Planning, Organization Lacking

 

The investigation found that had the work been properly planned, organized and monitored the collapse would not have occurred. Also, if appropriate fall prevention measures had been implemented correctly, the outcome would have been less severe.

 

DP Designs Ltd, of Millennium Court, Buntsford Park Road, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, was fined nearly $38,000 and ordered to pay costs of more than $1,700 after pleading guilty to two offenses, one breach of Regulation 25(1) of the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2007 and the other a breach of Regulation 6(3) of the Work at Height Regulations 2005.

 

According to HSE Inspector Chris Gregory, “As the principal contractor DP Designs Ltd should have ensured the roof truss installation was properly planned, appropriately supervised and, above all, safe.

 

“The company had a duty to inform those, who may be affected, of any changes to the plan that may impact on their work, in this case the company failed to inform workers of changes that led to the structure becoming unstable.”

 

Falls from height are responsible for around a third of workplace deaths every year, with 25 people losing their lives in 2012-13. 

 

 

 

Author Kori Shafer-Stack, Editor, Amaxx Risk Solutions, Inc. is an expert in post-injury response procedures and part of the Amaxx team helping companies reduce their workers compensation costs by 20% to 50%. www.reduceyourworkerscomp.com.  Contact: kstack@reduceyourworkerscomp.com.

 

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