A company contracted to lay a pipe under a road surface was fined yesterday after a worker was hit by a passing bus.<\/p>\n
It it is usual to maintain a 0.5m safety zone as a restricted area when undertaking this kind of work.<\/p>\n
The company in question, Rebeck Communications Limited, decided that a temporary traffic management system would be used, allowing one lane to be closed while still allowing traffic to pass on the other remaining lane.<\/p>\n
During the reinstatement of the road surface a worker was struck by a bus causing serious injuries including a dislocated knee and severe ligament and muscle damage.<\/p>\n
The court was told the 0.5m safety zone was not being maintained and no other control measures were in place.<\/p>\n
Rebeck Communications, who are based in Northamptonshire, pleaded guilty to breaching the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations and was fined \u00a312,000 and ordered to pay full costs of \u00a31293.<\/p>\n
For advice on health and safety matters in the workplace and the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations, please call us on 0151 251 0070.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A company contracted to lay a pipe under a road surface was fined yesterday after a worker was hit by a passing bus. It it is usual to maintain a 0.5m safety zone as a restricted area when undertaking this kind of work. The company in question, Rebeck Communications Limited, decided that a temporary traffic […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-318","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n