Demolition company pleads guilty after worker suffers serious injuries

A Wolverhampton-based demolition company has been fined £50,000 after a worker was seriously injured by a reversing excavator.

Employees from Sterry Lane, which trades as LPD Demolition, were working on a site in Stafford when a 39-year-old man was crushed as debris was being moved.

He suffered multiple fractures to his legs and pelvis, as well as punctured lungs and liver injuries.

He requires assistance to move around his home and he has not returned to work more than 16 months after the incident.

Health and Safety Executive inspector Katherine Blunt said: “This incident could have easily been prevented had the company implemented the required safety measures to minimise the risk of harm to workers on site.”

Sterry Lane pleaded guilty at Newcastle under Lyme Magistrates’ Court to breaching the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015.

The prosecution followed an investigation by the Health and Safety Executive, which found the company failed to implement a suitable management system to segregate pedestrians and vehicles on site.