Builder killed as telehandler overturns

Scott Bradley had been reversing the car on the Stepford Highway website when it slid down an embankment and overturned on 11 Could 2022.

The 44-year-old, employed by Service provider Houses Partnership Restricted, had been utilizing the telehandler to maneuver scaffolding behind homes that had been partially constructed.

Regardless of the efforts of colleagues and the emergency companies, Bradley died from crush accidents on the scene.

An HSE and Police Scotland investigation discovered Service provider Houses Partnership Restricted, the principal contractor on the website, had not danger assessed the site visitors route the place the incident occurred.

HSE inspector James Caren stated: “This was a tragic incident and our ideas stay with the family and friends of Mr Bradley.

“Our investigation found that Service provider Houses Partnership Restricted had failed in its obligation to correctly danger assess and introduce measures to make sure the site visitors route was appropriate for the telehandler being pushed by Mr Bradley.

Because of this, the telehandler’s wheels went over the sting of the site visitors route whereas it was being reversed, which tragically led to the car overturning.”

Service provider Houses Partnership Restricted, of Glasgow, pleaded responsible to security breaches and was fined £160,000 at Glasgow Sheriff Court docket on Tuesday.

The £22m-turnover enterprise went into liquidation in December 2023.