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Air Ducts Engineering of Dartford

Thomas Farragher

Age: 54
Resident: SE11
Company role Company involved, role not known
Incident date: 01 October 1994
Circumstances: While working in a ventilation duct a piece of ducting weighing one tonne fell from above and struck him.
Date of death: 01/10/94
Inquest opening date: 07/10/94
Inquest jury date: 10/05/95
Inquest verdict: Misadventure

Amec

William Graham

Age: 45
Resident: Hoxton
Company role Company involved, role not known
Incident date: 22 April 1990
Site: St Mary Axe, EC3
Circumstances: Banksman crushed by a 500 gallon drum of diesel.
Date of death: 22/04/90
Inquest jury date: 20/07/90
Inquest verdict: Accidental death

Balfour Beatty

"Case 12" [Name withheld at family's request]

Age: 23
Resident: Petts Wood
Company role Principal contractor
Incident date: 20 July 2000
Site: Basinghall Street, WC2
Circumstances: Fall down a ventilation shaft.
Date of death: 20/07/00
Inquest opening date: 25/07/00

Balfour Kilpatrick

"Case 12" [Name withheld at family's request]

Age: 23
Resident: Petts Wood
Company role Principal contractor
Incident date: 20 July 2000
Site: Basinghall Street, WC2
Circumstances: Fall down a ventilation shaft.
Date of death: 20/07/00
Inquest opening date: 25/07/00

Bovis

Jan Leadbetter

Age: 31
Resident: New Malden
Company role Principal contractor
Incident date: 16 July 1990
Site: 20 Old Bailey, EC4.
Circumstances: Entered an unlit room which was being used for storage but was actually a ventilation shaft which he fell down.
Date of death: 16/07/90
Inquest opening date: 19/07/90
Inquest jury date: 19/12/90
Inquest verdict: Accidental death
Prosecution: £1,000 fine.

Christopher Burns

Age: 47
Resident: Luton
Company role Principal contractor
Incident date: 13 July 1990
Site: Minster Court, Mincing Lane, EC3
Circumstances: Hoist operator, fell down a stairwell.
Date of death: 13/07/90
Inquest opening date: 16/07/90
Inquest jury date: 19/12/90
Inquest verdict: Accidental death

Costain

Douglas Whiting

Age: 50
Resident: Harlow
Company role Company involved, role not known
Incident date: 15 March 2001
Site: 20 Moorgate, EC2.
Circumstances: Crane driver fell from ladder while climbing to control box. HSE found ladder unsafe.
Date of death: 15/03/01
Inquest opening date: 20/03/01
Inquest jury date: 11/02/02
Inquest verdict: Misadventure
Prosecution: Westminster Plant Co Ltd fine £5,000 with £3,612 costs.

Pavlos Christoforou

Age: 58
Company role Company involved, role not known
Incident date: 09 December 1989
Circumstances: Fall from a ladder while erecting shuttering.
Date of death: 09/12/89
Inquest opening date: 12/12/89
Inquest jury date: 17/07/90
Inquest verdict: Accidental death

Terry Hedd

Age: 28
Company role Principal contractor
Incident date: 09 January 1993
Site: Lombard St, EC3
Circumstances: Scaffolder fell 14 feet. T&GWU member.

Pat Quinn

Age: 50
Resident: East Ham
Company role Principal contractor
Incident date: 13 November 1997
Site: 1 King William Street, EC4.
Circumstances: Scaffolder fell 10m.
Date of death: 13/11/97
Inquest jury date: 11/03/98
Inquest verdict: Accidental death

Digginwell Plant and Construction

Martin Logue

Age: 29
Resident: Kingsbury, NW9
Company role Employer
Incident date: 04 October 1997
Site: Great Eastern St, EC2.
Circumstances: Labourer died from burns received after drilling through an underground 415v power cable in the street.
Date of death: 04/10/97
Inquest opening date: 06/10/97
Inquest jury date: 09/06/97
Inquest verdict: Misadventure

ENJ Scaffolding

Terry Hedd

Age: 28
Company role Employer
Incident date: 09 January 1993
Site: Lombard St, EC3
Circumstances: Scaffolder fell 14 feet. T&GWU member.

Pat Quinn

Age: 50
Resident: East Ham
Company role Employer
Incident date: 13 November 1997
Site: 1 King William Street, EC4.
Circumstances: Scaffolder fell 10m.
Date of death: 13/11/97
Inquest jury date: 11/03/98
Inquest verdict: Accidental death

ENJ Scaffolding of Essex

Terry Hedd

Age: 28
Company role Employer
Incident date: 09 January 1993
Site: Lombard St, EC3
Circumstances: Scaffolder fell 14 feet. T&GWU member.

Pat Quinn

Age: 50
Resident: East Ham
Company role Employer
Incident date: 13 November 1997
Site: 1 King William Street, EC4.
Circumstances: Scaffolder fell 10m.
Date of death: 13/11/97
Inquest jury date: 11/03/98
Inquest verdict: Accidental death

General Demolition Ltd. of Walton on Thames, Surrey

Ian Lyon

Age: 31
Resident: Wapping
Company role Company involved, role not known
Incident date: 12 November 1997
Site: Possession House, Ludgate Hill, EC4.
Circumstances: Fell one storey down a lift shaft.
Date of death: 12/11/97
Inquest opening date: 14/11/97
Inquest jury date: 13/10/98
Inquest verdict: Open
Prosecution: General Demolition Ltd. fined £18,000 plus £12,624 costs.

Hbg (Southern) Ltd. of London, NW9

Patrick Stenson

Age: 43
Resident: Kentish Town
Company role Company involved, role not known
Incident date: 22 June 1999
Site: 168 Fenchurch St, EC3
Date of death: 22/06/99
Inquest opening date: 24/06/99
Inquest jury date: 31/08/00
Inquest verdict: Misadventure
Prosecution: Hbg (Southern) Ltd. fined £20,000 plus £3,530 costs. M G Cosgrove fined £20,000 plus £3,530 costs.

Jarvis Construction

John Walsh

Age: 50
Resident: Chatham
Company role Principal contractor
Incident date: 13 September 2002
Site: Hosier Lane, EC4.
Circumstances: Crushed by piling equipment.
Date of death: 13/09/02

Keltbray Ltd.

James Nicholas

Age: 36
Resident: N7, or. Co. Derry
Company role Employer
Incident date: 23 August 1993
Site: Old Corn Exchange, Tower Hill, EC3.
Circumstances: Fell 70 feet on a demolition site.
Date of death: 23/08/93
Inquest opening date: 25/08/93
Inquest jury date: 09/02/94
Inquest verdict: Accidental death

Patrick Fraher

Age: 28
Resident: New Cross
Company role Employer
Incident date: 31 January 1998
Site: Barrington House, Gresham st, EC2.
Circumstances: Fall from the eighth floor of a demolition site. William Cummins also died.
Date of death: 31/01/98
Inquest opening date: 03/02/98
Inquest jury date: 12/10/98
Inquest verdict: Misadventure
Prosecution: Keltbray fined £200,000 with £8,037 costs. Keltbray appealed but were unsuccessful.

William Cummins

Age: 28
Resident: SE1
Company role Employer
Incident date: 31 January 1998
Site: Barrington House, Gresham St, EC2
Circumstances: Two workers fell from the eighth floor of a demolition site. Patrick Fraher also died.
Date of death: 31/01/98
Inquest opening date: 03/02/98
Inquest jury date: 12/10/98
Inquest verdict: Misadventure
Prosecution: Keltbray Ltd fined £200,000 plus costs of £8,037. Keltbray appealed but were unsuccessful.

Keltbray Ltd. of SE15

James Nicholas

Age: 36
Resident: N7, or. Co. Derry
Company role Employer
Incident date: 23 August 1993
Site: Old Corn Exchange, Tower Hill, EC3.
Circumstances: Fell 70 feet on a demolition site.
Date of death: 23/08/93
Inquest opening date: 25/08/93
Inquest jury date: 09/02/94
Inquest verdict: Accidental death

Patrick Fraher

Age: 28
Resident: New Cross
Company role Employer
Incident date: 31 January 1998
Site: Barrington House, Gresham st, EC2.
Circumstances: Fall from the eighth floor of a demolition site. William Cummins also died.
Date of death: 31/01/98
Inquest opening date: 03/02/98
Inquest jury date: 12/10/98
Inquest verdict: Misadventure
Prosecution: Keltbray fined £200,000 with £8,037 costs. Keltbray appealed but were unsuccessful.

William Cummins

Age: 28
Resident: SE1
Company role Employer
Incident date: 31 January 1998
Site: Barrington House, Gresham St, EC2
Circumstances: Two workers fell from the eighth floor of a demolition site. Patrick Fraher also died.
Date of death: 31/01/98
Inquest opening date: 03/02/98
Inquest jury date: 12/10/98
Inquest verdict: Misadventure
Prosecution: Keltbray Ltd fined £200,000 plus costs of £8,037. Keltbray appealed but were unsuccessful.

Kibsway Ltd. of Middx.

Patrick Manion

Age: 52
Resident: or. Co. Mayo
Company role Employer
Incident date: 16 May 1991
Site: Old Broad St, EC2.
Circumstances: Fall from height where a guard rail had been removed.
Date of death: 20/05/91
Inquest opening date: 22/05/91
Inquest jury date: 27/02/92
Inquest verdict: Accidental death
Prosecution: Kibsway Ltd fined £2,000, managing director also fined £2,000 at City of London Magistrates Court.

Laing

John Mitchell

Age: 49
Company role Principal contractor
Incident date: 14 September 1990
Circumstances: Fell down a piling shaft when the plywood he walked on covering the hole gave way.
Date of death: 14/09/90
Inquest opening date: 17/09/90
Inquest jury date: 19/12/90
Inquest verdict: Accidental death

M G Cosgrove of West Thurrock

Patrick Stenson

Age: 43
Resident: Kentish Town
Company role Company involved, role not known
Incident date: 22 June 1999
Site: 168 Fenchurch St, EC3
Date of death: 22/06/99
Inquest opening date: 24/06/99
Inquest jury date: 31/08/00
Inquest verdict: Misadventure
Prosecution: Hbg (Southern) Ltd. fined £20,000 plus £3,530 costs. M G Cosgrove fined £20,000 plus £3,530 costs.

M P Timlin Construction

Edward Munelly

Age: 53
Resident: NW6
Company role Employer
Incident date: 05 May 2000
Site: Carmelite St, EC4.
Circumstances: Fall from a scaffold.
Date of death: 07/05/00
Inquest opening date: 09/05/00
Inquest jury date: 27/02/01
Inquest verdict: Accidental death

MacAlpine

Terry Heckford

Age: 41
Resident: Westcliffe on sea
Company role Principal contractor
Incident date: 24 October 1989
Site: Prudential Building, High Holborn, WC1
Circumstances: A floor being dismantled collapsed under him and he fell.
Date of death: 24/10/89
Inquest opening date: 27/10/89
Inquest jury date: 17/07/90
Inquest verdict: Accidental death
Prosecution: Inspector told inquest action was "certainly under consideration".

Vincent Dooley

Age: 54
Resident: Finsbury Park
Company role Principal contractor
Incident date: 04 December 2000
Site: 280 Bishopsgate, EC2
Circumstances: Carpenter fell through a hole in the floor while dismantling shuttering.
Date of death: 04/12/00
Inquest opening date: 06/12/00
Inquest jury date: 06/02/02
Inquest verdict: Misadventure

Laurence Curtin

Age: 55
Resident: Cricklewood
Company role Principal contractor
Incident date: 06 November 1989
Site: Prudential Building, High Holborn, WC1
Circumstances: Labourer hit by a 20 foot scaffold pole which fell on him from the sixth floor.
Date of death: 06/11/89
Inquest opening date: 07/11/89
Inquest jury date: 11/04/90
Inquest verdict: Accidental death

McDermott Brothers of E13

Vincent Dooley

Age: 54
Resident: Finsbury Park
Company role Employer
Incident date: 04 December 2000
Site: 280 Bishopsgate, EC2
Circumstances: Carpenter fell through a hole in the floor while dismantling shuttering.
Date of death: 04/12/00
Inquest opening date: 06/12/00
Inquest jury date: 06/02/02
Inquest verdict: Misadventure

Ogdens (Skyline Demolition)

Terry Heckford

Age: 41
Resident: Westcliffe on sea
Company role Company involved, role not known
Incident date: 24 October 1989
Site: Prudential Building, High Holborn, WC1
Circumstances: A floor being dismantled collapsed under him and he fell.
Date of death: 24/10/89
Inquest opening date: 27/10/89
Inquest jury date: 17/07/90
Inquest verdict: Accidental death
Prosecution: Inspector told inquest action was "certainly under consideration".

P M Demolition

Terry Heckford

Age: 41
Resident: Westcliffe on sea
Company role Employer
Incident date: 24 October 1989
Site: Prudential Building, High Holborn, WC1
Circumstances: A floor being dismantled collapsed under him and he fell.
Date of death: 24/10/89
Inquest opening date: 27/10/89
Inquest jury date: 17/07/90
Inquest verdict: Accidental death
Prosecution: Inspector told inquest action was "certainly under consideration".

Pall Mall Cleaning Services

Robert Wright

Age: 52
Resident: Romford
Company role Employer
Incident date: 22 April 1998
Site: Midland Bank Building, Lower Thames St, EC3.
Circumstances: Cradle he was working in with Peter Docking cleaning windows at the ninth floor collapsed killing both men.
Date of death: 22/04/98
Inquest opening date: 28/04/98
Inquest jury date: 12/11/98
Inquest verdict: Accidental death

Peter Docking

Age: 31
Company role Employer
Incident date: 22 April 1998
Site: Midland Bank Building, Lower Thames St, EC3
Circumstances: Cradle collapsed at the ninth floor killing Peter Docking and Robert Wright who were cleaning windows.
Date of death: 22/04/98
Inquest opening date: 28/04/98
Inquest jury date: 12/11/98
Inquest verdict: Accidental death

Raphael Construction

Jan Leadbetter

Age: 31
Resident: New Malden
Company role Company involved, role not known
Incident date: 16 July 1990
Site: 20 Old Bailey, EC4.
Circumstances: Entered an unlit room which was being used for storage but was actually a ventilation shaft which he fell down.
Date of death: 16/07/90
Inquest opening date: 19/07/90
Inquest jury date: 19/12/90
Inquest verdict: Accidental death
Prosecution: £1,000 fine.

SGB Services

Stuart Whybrow

Age: 27
Company role Employer
Incident date: 11 May 1993
Site: Smithfield Market, EC1.
Circumstances: Scaffolder fell when the scaffold he was working on collapsed. Incident was two days before he was due to marry.
Date of death: 11/05/93
Inquest opening date: 13/05/93
Inquest jury date: 09/02/94
Inquest verdict: Accidental death

Stephenson's

Pavlos Christoforou

Age: 58
Company role Employer
Incident date: 09 December 1989
Circumstances: Fall from a ladder while erecting shuttering.
Date of death: 09/12/89
Inquest opening date: 12/12/89
Inquest jury date: 17/07/90
Inquest verdict: Accidental death

Synchronised Systems Ltd. of Slough

"Case 12" [Name withheld at family's request]

Age: 23
Resident: Petts Wood
Company role Employer
Incident date: 20 July 2000
Site: Basinghall Street, WC2
Circumstances: Fall down a ventilation shaft.
Date of death: 20/07/00
Inquest opening date: 25/07/00

Taylor Woodrow

Stuart Whybrow

Age: 27
Company role Principal contractor
Incident date: 11 May 1993
Site: Smithfield Market, EC1.
Circumstances: Scaffolder fell when the scaffold he was working on collapsed. Incident was two days before he was due to marry.
Date of death: 11/05/93
Inquest opening date: 13/05/93
Inquest jury date: 09/02/94
Inquest verdict: Accidental death

Trollope and Colls

James Nicholas

Age: 36
Resident: N7, or. Co. Derry
Company role Principal contractor
Incident date: 23 August 1993
Site: Old Corn Exchange, Tower Hill, EC3.
Circumstances: Fell 70 feet on a demolition site.
Date of death: 23/08/93
Inquest opening date: 25/08/93
Inquest jury date: 09/02/94
Inquest verdict: Accidental death

Thomas Farragher

Age: 54
Resident: SE11
Company role Principal contractor
Incident date: 01 October 1994
Circumstances: While working in a ventilation duct a piece of ducting weighing one tonne fell from above and struck him.
Date of death: 01/10/94
Inquest opening date: 07/10/94
Inquest jury date: 10/05/95
Inquest verdict: Misadventure

Westminster Plant Co Ltd of Erith, Kent

Douglas Whiting

Age: 50
Resident: Harlow
Company role Company involved, role not known
Incident date: 15 March 2001
Site: 20 Moorgate, EC2.
Circumstances: Crane driver fell from ladder while climbing to control box. HSE found ladder unsafe.
Date of death: 15/03/01
Inquest opening date: 20/03/01
Inquest jury date: 11/02/02
Inquest verdict: Misadventure
Prosecution: Westminster Plant Co Ltd fine £5,000 with £3,612 costs.

Worldcomm

Martin Logue

Age: 29
Resident: Kingsbury, NW9
Company role Company involved, role not known
Incident date: 04 October 1997
Site: Great Eastern St, EC2.
Circumstances: Labourer died from burns received after drilling through an underground 415v power cable in the street.
Date of death: 04/10/97
Inquest opening date: 06/10/97
Inquest jury date: 09/06/97
Inquest verdict: Misadventure

Wyse Plant

Christopher Burns

Age: 47
Resident: Luton
Company role Employer
Incident date: 13 July 1990
Site: Minster Court, Mincing Lane, EC3
Circumstances: Hoist operator, fell down a stairwell.
Date of death: 13/07/90
Inquest opening date: 16/07/90
Inquest jury date: 19/12/90
Inquest verdict: Accidental death

Y J Lovell Construction

Patrick Manion

Age: 52
Resident: or. Co. Mayo
Company role Principal contractor
Incident date: 16 May 1991
Site: Old Broad St, EC2.
Circumstances: Fall from height where a guard rail had been removed.
Date of death: 20/05/91
Inquest opening date: 22/05/91
Inquest jury date: 27/02/92
Inquest verdict: Accidental death
Prosecution: Kibsway Ltd fined £2,000, managing director also fined £2,000 at City of London Magistrates Court.
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