{"id":1301,"date":"2018-12-11T07:16:27","date_gmt":"2018-12-11T07:16:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/?p=1301"},"modified":"2018-12-11T07:16:27","modified_gmt":"2018-12-11T07:16:27","slug":"structural-engineer-crushed-under-scaffold-tubes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/structural-engineer-crushed-under-scaffold-tubes\/","title":{"rendered":"Structural engineer crushed under scaffold tubes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two companies have been fined after a structural engineer received serious crush injuries when a bundle of scaffold tubes weighing about one tonne rolled onto his legs while he was visiting a client\u2019s construction site.<\/p>\n

Southwark Crown Court heard how, on 15 September 2015, the engineer, accompanied by two managers at the site in London, approached four bundles of stacked scaffold tubes,<\/p>\n

The top bundle was disturbed, rolled off and fell onto the engineer\u2019s lower legs. It took several attempts to free him from under the bundle.<\/p>\n

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The engineer suffered fractures to both ankles and a number of fractures on his right leg.<\/p>\n

The scaffold bundles were delivered earlier that day and belonged to scaffolding firm PHD Modular Access Services Ltd.<\/p>\n

St George City Ltd was the Principal Contractor for the site, where demolition activities were taking place within a very confined footprint.<\/p>\n

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An HSE investigation found that PHD failed to ensure that control measures specified in the company\u2019s risk assessment – material storage area to be fully segregated using physical barriers – <\/em>were in place to prevent access by unauthorised persons.<\/p>\n

St George City had signed off on PHD\u2019s storage requirements and should have been conscious of the practical difficulties concerning deliveries and storage due to the confined nature of the site.<\/p>\n

On the day of the incident, St George site management had become aware that the scaffold materials had not been segregated but no action was taken.<\/p>\n

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PHD Modular Access Services Ltd, of Uxbridge pleaded guilty to breaching safety regulations and was fined \u00a350,000 and ordered to pay costs of \u00a37,777.99.<\/p>\n

St George City Limited, which is part of the Berkeley Group also pleaded guilty and was fined \u00a3130,000 and ordered to pay costs of \u00a37830.79.<\/p>\n

After the hearing, HSE inspector Gabriella Dimitrov said:\u201cThe contractors knew that it was a congested site with large demolition machines tracking around and as such required careful planning with regards to material arrivals and storage.<\/p>\n

“This incident could have been easily prevented had suitable barriers been provided.\u201d<\/p>\n

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from Construction Enquirer https:\/\/ift.tt\/2L9Wv7p<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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