{"id":162650,"date":"2026-06-04T12:22:17","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T11:22:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=162650"},"modified":"2026-06-04T12:27:28","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T11:27:28","slug":"fine-for-construction-worker-death-after-living-death-trap-worksite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/health-safety-news\/fine-for-construction-worker-death-after-living-death-trap-worksite\/162650\/","title":{"rendered":"Fine for construction worker death after living on \u2018death trap\u2019 worksite"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Mykhalio Hustei was 35 when he fell and drowned in an exposed excavation hole<\/h2>\n<p>A fine has been issued to Alchemist DB Limited following a construction worker death in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>The state of the site was extremely unsafe, with aspects being called a \u2018death trap.\u2019<\/p>\n<h3>The company made the site safe only after Mykhalio died<\/h3>\n<p>Based in Hertfordshire, the project was to build several flats in Bovington. Mykhalio was living on-site in an adjoining property, and was making his way home following a night out on 22 October 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Tragically, while trying to access his home, he fell into an exposed excavation hole which was full of rainwater at the time.<\/p>\n<p>He was not found until 2 pm the following day, at which point it was far too late.<\/p>\n<p>The excavation holes were dug for the building footings, but the holes had been left open across the whole construction site without any designated safe walkways, with just wooden boards crossing the gaps.<\/p>\n<p>The following HSE investigation found that the company had failed to take appropriate precautions to make the site safe. The wooden boards and planks that were in use were slippery, especially when wet, and bowed when walked across.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, the site was entirely open to the weather, increasing the danger caused by rain, and there was no dedicated lighting system.<\/p>\n<p>Only once HSE inspectors had visited after Mykhalio\u2019s tragic death did Alchemist DB Limited improve the site\u2019s safety with dedicated walkways bridging the gaps and scaffolding put in place as guard rails and to prevent falls.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_162651\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-162651\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-162651\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Alchemist-DB-Ltd-before-300x225-1.jpg\" alt=\"The state of the site leading to the construction worker death\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Alchemist-DB-Ltd-before-300x225-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Alchemist-DB-Ltd-before-300x225-1-80x60.jpg 80w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Alchemist-DB-Ltd-before-300x225-1-265x198.jpg 265w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-162651\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image: \u00a9 HSE<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>The company was fined in May<\/h3>\n<p>After appearing in Luton Magistrates Court, the company was fined \u00a320,000, along with \u00a35,000 costs, for breaching Regulation 22(2) of the Construction (Desing and Management) Regulations 2015.<\/p>\n<p>The company has since fallen into liquidation.<\/p>\n<p>HSE inspector Rauf Ahmed said: \u201cAs always, our thoughts remain with the family of Mr Hustei, a young man who was just setting out on his career in construction.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe had been simply returning to his flat after socialising with friends.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHowever, the site was quite literally a death trap.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe measures put in place by the company after his tragic death are a crude reminder about what could and should have been done in the first place.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>HSE guidance on working safely with excavations and preventing danger <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hse.gov.uk\/construction\/safetytopics\/excavations.htm?utm_source=press.hse.gov.uk&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=prosecution-push\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">can be found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mk-custom-module-container\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A company has been sentenced following a construction worker death in 2021 after he fell in a hole described as a &#8216;death trap&#8217;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":162656,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[309],"tags":[173010,173281,564],"stakeholder_rel_tag":[],"contributor_rel_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-162650","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-health-safety-news","8":"tag-construction-crime-and-law","9":"tag-construction-health-risks","10":"tag-hse"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.9 (Yoast SEO v26.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Fine for construction worker death after living on \u2018death trap\u2019 worksite<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A company has been sentenced following a construction worker death in 2021 after he fell in a hole described as a &#039;death trap&#039;\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/health-safety-news\/fine-for-construction-worker-death-after-living-death-trap-worksite\/162650\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Fine for construction worker death after living on \u2018death trap\u2019 worksite\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A company has been sentenced following a construction worker death in 2021 after he fell in a hole described as a &#039;death trap&#039;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/health-safety-news\/fine-for-construction-worker-death-after-living-death-trap-worksite\/162650\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Planning, Building &amp; 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