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Craig Page, 26, from Islington, was working on a site in Denning Road when a mini-crawler crane overturned, causing fatal crush injuries.
Harris Calnan Construction Co. Ltd and its director, Neil Harris, were prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) for breaching health and safety legislation.
The agency found that the company failed to properly plan or supervise lifting operations on the site, and the site was poorly managed.
HSE inspector Dominic Ellis said that from the start of the project, the defendants failed to control even the most basic of risks on the construction site.
"These failings ultimately resulted in the tragic and entirely avoidable death of Mr Page," he stated.
"The defendant's failure to appropriately plan, manage and supervise lifting operations on site led to this incident."
Harris Calnan Construction Co. Ltd, of Parmenter House, Tower Street, Winchester, pleaded guilty to breaching regulation 8(1)(c) of the Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998 and was fined £80,000 with costs of £66,244.
Mr Harris, of the same address, was fined £7,500 and ordered to pay costs of £25,000.
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Heavy fine following construction site fatality
A construction company and director have been fined following the death of a worker at a building site in Hampstead.Craig Page, 26, from Islington, was working on a site in Denning Road when a mini-crawler crane overturned, causing fatal crush injuries.
Harris Calnan Construction Co. Ltd and its director, Neil Harris, were prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) for breaching health and safety legislation.
The agency found that the company failed to properly plan or supervise lifting operations on the site, and the site was poorly managed.
HSE inspector Dominic Ellis said that from the start of the project, the defendants failed to control even the most basic of risks on the construction site.
"These failings ultimately resulted in the tragic and entirely avoidable death of Mr Page," he stated.
"The defendant's failure to appropriately plan, manage and supervise lifting operations on site led to this incident."
Harris Calnan Construction Co. Ltd, of Parmenter House, Tower Street, Winchester, pleaded guilty to breaching regulation 8(1)(c) of the Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998 and was fined £80,000 with costs of £66,244.
Mr Harris, of the same address, was fined £7,500 and ordered to pay costs of £25,000.
Quantum Risk Management are a leading Health and Safety Consultancy
Posted on 02/02/2012
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