{"id":92796,"date":"2021-04-30T08:24:22","date_gmt":"2021-04-30T07:24:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=92796"},"modified":"2021-04-30T08:24:22","modified_gmt":"2021-04-30T07:24:22","slug":"worker-injured-excavation-collapse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/health-safety-news\/worker-injured-excavation-collapse\/92796\/","title":{"rendered":"Fines issued after construction worker injured in excavation collapse"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Auberne Homes Limited and W &amp; E Lammie have been fined after an employee of W &amp; E Lammie was crushed and severely injured during an excavation collapse<\/h2>\n<p>An investigation by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hse.gov.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Health and Safety Executive<\/a> (HSE) identified that W &amp; E Lammie failed to plan the precautions or practicable steps necessary to prevent danger to any person entering the excavation, failed to provide supports or battering to ensure the excavation did not collapse and failed to provide appropriate training and supervision to the employees carrying out the drainage works.<\/p>\n<p>Ayr Sherriff Court heard that, on 20 February 2018, employees of W &amp; E Lammie were carrying out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/concrete-drainage-products\/62655\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">drainage works<\/a> within an excavation at a construction site at Holmhead Gardens, Cumnock, when a section of the unsupported wall of the excavation collapsed and crushed one of the employees, causing serious injuries.<\/p>\n<p>The investigation also identified that in their role as principal contractor, Auberne Homes Limited, failed to plan, manage and monitor the drainage works being carried out on their construction project.<\/p>\n<p>W &amp; E Lammie, a now-dissolved partnership, pled guilty to breaching Regulation 15(2) of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legislation.gov.uk\/uksi\/2015\/51\/contents\/made\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015<\/a> and were fined \u00a318,000.<\/p>\n<p>Auberne Homes Limited, of Beresford Court, Ayr pled guilty to breaching Regulation 13(1) of The Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015 and were fined \u00a335,000.<\/p>\n<h3>HSE will not hesitate to take appropriate enforcement action<\/h3>\n<p>HSE inspector Duncan Officer, said: \u201cThis incident could so easily have been avoided had the excavation work been properly planned and carried out by suitably trained individuals to ensure that the appropriate safety measures were implemented to prevent excavation collapse.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHad the principal contractor carried out suitable checks they could have been identified that those carrying out the work were untrained and that safe working practices were not being followed on site.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe requirement for control measures and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/health-safety-news\/legal-rights-covid-world\/87459\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">safe working practices<\/a> during excavation work are well-known in the construction industry.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"mk-custom-module-container\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Auberne Homes Limited and W &#038; 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