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| 30/07/2010 |
Fines Follow Worker's Death Fall |
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.gif) An architect's practice and a construction company involved in a Somerset development have today been fined a total of £195,000 following a fatality on the site.
Express Park Construction Company Limited (EPCC), of Harley Street, London, pleaded guilty to breaching Section 3(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 for failing to safely manage subcontractors working for it.
The architects involved, Oxford Architects Partnership, of Bagley Croft, Hinksey Hill, Oxford, pleaded guilty to breaching Regulations 13, and 14, of the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 1994, which require designers to take safety considerations into account.
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The court heard that on 26 January 2005 David Cairns, 64, was working for EPCC sub-contractors H&F Air Conditioning Limited, at the newly-built 'Exchange' building at Express Park in Bridgwater, Somerset.
Mr Cairns was working on the air conditioning plant, which was built on a platform accessed via a ladder at the edge of a flat roof. The roof only had a low parapet, which was not high enough to prevent Mr Cairns falling nine metres to the ground.
Mr. Cairn's family said: "The loss of David has deeply affected us all and he will be greatly missed. Our hope is that lessons are learnt within the construction industry so that other similar incidents are prevented. Safety should be paramount during all stages of the building process so that another family doesn't have to suffer the loss that we have."
(CD/KMcA) |
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