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Safety failures led to man's death
(UKPA) – 6 hours ago
Two companies have been fined a total of £400,000 for breaking health and safety laws after a man died when he fell around 30ft from scaffolding.
James Kelly, 50, of Acre Road, in Glasgow, was putting up stonework at Glasgow Academy in April 2007 when the accident happened.
He was on the third level of a loading tower of scaffolding while working on a sports extension at the school in the city's west end when he fell. He was taken to Glasgow's Western Infirmary but died from his injuries.
He was working for Stirling Stone which was sub-contracted to main contractor Robertson Construction Central Ltd.
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) said both companies were found guilty of health and safety breaches at an earlier trial, and were each fined £200,000 at Glasgow Sheriff Court on Tuesday.
HSE inspectors found there was no safe system for putting materials on to the loading tower at the site, nor had the firms made a suitable assessment of the risks involved in the work.
The investigation also showed that the loading tower had insufficient guard rails and toe boards, and neither company had ensured the tower and access scaffolding was properly and regularly inspected.
Robertson Construction Central Ltd, of Perimeter Road, Elgin, Moray, was fined £200,000 for breaking section 3(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc 1974 Act.
Stirling Stone Ltd was fined £200,000 for breaking section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974, the HSE said.
A spokesman for the main contractor said: "Robertson Construction Central Limited is extremely sorry about the death of James Kelly and accepts the sentence passed."
(UKPA) – 6 hours ago
Two companies have been fined a total of £400,000 for breaking health and safety laws after a man died when he fell around 30ft from scaffolding.
James Kelly, 50, of Acre Road, in Glasgow, was putting up stonework at Glasgow Academy in April 2007 when the accident happened.
He was on the third level of a loading tower of scaffolding while working on a sports extension at the school in the city's west end when he fell. He was taken to Glasgow's Western Infirmary but died from his injuries.
He was working for Stirling Stone which was sub-contracted to main contractor Robertson Construction Central Ltd.
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) said both companies were found guilty of health and safety breaches at an earlier trial, and were each fined £200,000 at Glasgow Sheriff Court on Tuesday.
HSE inspectors found there was no safe system for putting materials on to the loading tower at the site, nor had the firms made a suitable assessment of the risks involved in the work.
The investigation also showed that the loading tower had insufficient guard rails and toe boards, and neither company had ensured the tower and access scaffolding was properly and regularly inspected.
Robertson Construction Central Ltd, of Perimeter Road, Elgin, Moray, was fined £200,000 for breaking section 3(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc 1974 Act.
Stirling Stone Ltd was fined £200,000 for breaking section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974, the HSE said.
A spokesman for the main contractor said: "Robertson Construction Central Limited is extremely sorry about the death of James Kelly and accepts the sentence passed."