HSE | A construction company has been fined after a kitchen fitter was crushed to death by concrete blocks at a Cotswolds site.
On 23 January 2020 at Ebrington Rise, near Chipping Campden, Martin Dunford, 33, was pinned against a lorry by two stacks of blocks. HSE found Piper Homes Construction Ltd failed to provide level storage areas or inspect pallets; the company is in liquidation.
Piper Homes pleaded guilty to breaching CDM Regulation 13(1) and was fined £300,000 plus £5,236 costs.
Inspector James Lucas emphasised the need for planned material storage, level areas and regular pallet inspections to prevent such avoidable incidents.
