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England | Firm fined following fatality on site

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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.

– Accurate at time of publication | May 2025

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