An apprentice electrician sustained serious back injuries after falling through a ceiling while working in the loft space of a Swindon youth centre. The hole caused by Mr O'Connor's fall Richard O'Connor's employer Roberts and Prowse (Swindon) Ltd failed to carry out a specific risk assessment for the work, and…

Two construction firms have been sentenced after a crane collapsed onto a city centre apartment block in Liverpool, resulting in the crane driver being paralysed from the waist down. The collapsed crane at the Kings Dock Mill site The 79-metre-high tower crane was being used as part of a multi-million…

A Shropshire egg supplier has been prosecuted after a female worker suffered serious foot injuries falling through a hole in the floor of a poultry barn. The 43-year-old Shropshire woman, who does not wish to be named, fractured two bones in her left ankle and the heel bone in her…

A Yeovil construction company has been fined after a subcontracted worker suffered serious injuries when he was struck by a fork lift truck. Experienced ground worker Paul Daniels, 50, suffered shattered bones and almost lost his foot in the incident on 10 September 2010. His employer CJL Construction Ltd had…