Rydon fined £500,000 after building site death

By Hamish Champ2019-02-18T13:39:00

HSE warns firms to properly oversee temporary works after worker dies following 14m fall

Rydon Construction has been fined £500,000 after a worker died from injuries sustained in a fall at a building site in west London.

Southwark Crown Court heard how, on 24 July 2015, Nichitut was working on the fifth floor of the construction site at the Green Man Lane Estate, when he walked onto a temporary platform covering a vertical shaft, which collapsed beneath him. He fell approximately 14m and died as a result of his injuries.

Rydon Construction Ltd, of Rydon House, Station Road, Forest Row, pleaded guilty to breaching Regulation 13(1) of the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015, and was fined £500,000 and ordered to pay costs of £40,740.88.

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