{"id":31181,"date":"2017-02-24T14:38:32","date_gmt":"2017-02-24T14:38:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=31181"},"modified":"2017-02-24T14:38:32","modified_gmt":"2017-02-24T14:38:32","slug":"serious-injuries-sustained-four-workers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/health-safety-news\/serious-injuries-sustained-four-workers\/31181\/","title":{"rendered":"Serious injuries sustained by four workers leads to fine for London construction firm"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>A London-based construction firm has received a \u00a3450,000 fine after four workers sustained serious injuries while working at height<\/h2>\n<p>A fine has been handed to a firm for safety failings after workers sustained serious injuries. London-based construction firm Leyland SDM (LSDM) Limited was given a \u00a3450,000 fine after four workers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/health-safety-news\/safety-failings-put-employee-risk\/29540\" target=\"_blank\">fell from height<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The incident occurred during the redevelopment of a warehouse in Wembley, London. The four workers were carrying a ventilation unit. However, when they tried to move the equipment into position the platform they were stood on became overloaded and gave way.<\/p>\n<p>The four workers fell almost four metres. Two of the workers sustained leg fractures. A broken collar was also suffered as a result of the incident.<\/p>\n<h3>Investigation<\/h3>\n<p>A subsequent <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hse.gov.uk\" target=\"_blank\">Health and Safety Executive<\/a> (HSE) investigation discerned the firm was at fault and had failed to manage the risks of working at height correctly.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, LSDM had not correctly managed the risks when carrying out the lifting operation.<\/p>\n<p>The investigation revealed that staff did not have the right training and the correct supervision was not in place to carry out these tasks safely and effectively.<\/p>\n<p>The case was brought before Westminster Magistrates\u2019 Court. LSDM pleaded guilty to breaching Regulations 6 (3) of the Work at Height Regulations 2005 and Regulation 4 (1) of the Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992.<\/p>\n<p>The firm was handed a \u00a3450,000 fine and ordered to pay costs of \u00a31,038.<\/p>\n<p>HSE inspector Jack Wilby said: \u201cThe safety failings by this company are severe and it is lucky that the injuries were not more severe.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This incident highlights the importance of planning work, in this case both for lifting operations and working from height, to ensure it is carried out safely.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"mk-custom-module-container\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A London-based construction firm has received a \u00a3450,000 fine after four workers sustained serious injuries while working at height<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"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":[432],"stakeholder_rel_tag":[],"contributor_rel_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-31181","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-health-safety-news","7":"tag-health-safety"},"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>Serious injuries sustained by four workers leads to fine for London construction firm<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A London-based construction firm has received a \u00a3450,000 fine after four workers sustained serious injuries while working at height\" \/>\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\/serious-injuries-sustained-four-workers\/31181\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Serious injuries sustained by four workers leads to fine for London construction firm\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A London-based construction firm has received a \u00a3450,000 fine after four workers sustained serious injuries while working at height\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/health-safety-news\/serious-injuries-sustained-four-workers\/31181\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Planning, Building &amp; 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