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28 April 2005
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Ronan Ballantine

Incident date: 21 November 1990
Age: 20
Resident: Acton
Inquest opening date: 23/11/90
Inquest jury date: 30/04/91
Inquest verdict: Accidental death

Brian Billington

Incident date: 18 September 1989
Age: 46
Resident: Preston
Inquest opening date: 19/09/89
Inquest jury date: 21/02/90
Inquest verdict: Accidental death

Christopher Burns

Incident date: 13 July 1990
Age: 47
Resident: Luton
Incident address: Minster Court, Mincing Lane, EC3
Employer Wyse Plant
Principal contractor Bovis
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

Kevin Cassidy

Incident date: 08 March 1989
Age: 24
Resident: Burton on Trent
Inquest opening date: 09/03/89
Inquest jury date: 28/06/89
Inquest verdict: Accidental death

Pavlos Christoforou

Incident date: 09 December 1989
Age: 58
Employer Stephenson's
Company involved, role not known Costain
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

Edward Compton

Incident date: 30 November 1990
Age: 59
Resident: N4
Inquest opening date: 03/12/90
Inquest jury date: 30/04/91
Inquest verdict: Accidental death

Michael Costello

Incident date: 04 May 1990
Age: 22
Resident: E7
Inquest opening date: 10/05/90
Inquest jury date: 19/09/90
Inquest verdict: Accidental death

Sidney Cox

Incident date: 12 December 1994
Resident: Edmonton
Inquest opening date: 14/12/94
Inquest jury date: 11/05/95
Inquest verdict: Misadventure

William Cummins

Incident date: 31 January 1998
Age: 28
Resident: SE1
Incident address: Barrington House, Gresham St, EC2
Employer Keltbray Ltd.
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.

Laurence Curtin

Incident date: 06 November 1989
Age: 55
Resident: Cricklewood
Incident address: Prudential Building, High Holborn, WC1
Principal contractor MacAlpine
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

Peter Docking

Incident date: 22 April 1998
Age: 31
Incident address: Midland Bank Building, Lower Thames St, EC3
Employer Pall Mall Cleaning Services
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

Vincent Dooley

Incident date: 04 December 2000
Age: 54
Resident: Finsbury Park
Incident address: 280 Bishopsgate, EC2
Employer McDermott Brothers of E13
Principal contractor MacAlpine
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

Thomas Farragher

Incident date: 01 October 1994
Age: 54
Resident: SE11
Principal contractor Trollope and Colls
Company involved, role not known Air Ducts Engineering of Dartford
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

Patrick Fraher

Incident date: 31 January 1998
Age: 28
Resident: New Cross
Incident address: Barrington House, Gresham st, EC2.
Employer Keltbray Ltd.
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.

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

Incident date: 20 July 2000
Age: 23
Resident: Petts Wood
Incident address: Basinghall Street, WC2
Employer Synchronised Systems Ltd. of Slough
Principal contractor Balfour Beatty
Principal contractor Balfour Kilpatrick
Circumstances: Fall down a ventilation shaft.
Date of death: 20/07/00
Inquest opening date: 25/07/00

William Graham

Incident date: 22 April 1990
Age: 45
Resident: Hoxton
Incident address: St Mary Axe, EC3
Company involved, role not known Amec
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

Terry Heckford

Incident date: 24 October 1989
Age: 41
Resident: Westcliffe on sea
Incident address: Prudential Building, High Holborn, WC1
Employer P M Demolition
Principal contractor MacAlpine
Company involved, role not known Ogdens (Skyline Demolition)
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".

Terry Hedd

Incident date: 09 January 1993
Age: 28
Incident address: Lombard St, EC3
Employer ENJ Scaffolding of Essex
Principal contractor Costain
Circumstances: Scaffolder fell 14 feet. T&GWU member.

Paul Largey

Incident date: 02 May 1989
Age: 28
Resident: Nuneaton
Inquest opening date: 05/05/89
Inquest jury date: 19/09/89
Inquest verdict: Accidental death

Jan Leadbetter

Incident date: 16 July 1990
Age: 31
Resident: New Malden
Incident address: 20 Old Bailey, EC4.
Principal contractor Bovis
Company involved, role not known Raphael Construction
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.

Martin Logue

Incident date: 04 October 1997
Age: 29
Resident: Kingsbury, NW9
Incident address: Great Eastern St, EC2.
Employer Digginwell Plant and Construction
Company involved, role not known Worldcomm
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

Ian Lyon

Incident date: 12 November 1997
Age: 31
Resident: Wapping
Incident address: Possession House, Ludgate Hill, EC4.
Company involved, role not known General Demolition Ltd. of Walton on Thames, Surrey
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.

Patrick Manion

Incident date: 16 May 1991
Age: 52
Resident: or. Co. Mayo
Incident address: Old Broad St, EC2.
Employer Kibsway Ltd. of Middx.
Principal contractor Y J Lovell Construction
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.

John Mitchell

Incident date: 14 September 1990
Age: 49
Principal contractor Laing
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

Edward Munelly

Incident date: 05 May 2000
Age: 53
Resident: NW6
Incident address: Carmelite St, EC4.
Employer M P Timlin Construction
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

James Nicholas

Incident date: 23 August 1993
Age: 36
Resident: N7, or. Co. Derry
Incident address: Old Corn Exchange, Tower Hill, EC3.
Employer Keltbray Ltd. of SE15
Principal contractor Trollope and Colls
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

Edward Olney

Incident date: 08 January 1990
Age: 44
Resident: SE23
Inquest opening date: 10/01/90
Inquest jury date: 18/09/90
Inquest verdict: Accidental death

Pat Quinn

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

George Ransome

Incident date: 06 February 1991
Age: 44
Resident: E1
Inquest opening date: 11/02/91
Inquest jury date: 01/02/1091
Inquest verdict: Accidental death

Kevin Rule

Incident date: 19 October 1989
Age: 26
Resident: N18
Inquest opening date: 20/10/89
Inquest jury date: 10/04/90
Inquest verdict: Accidental death

John Shirkey

Incident date: 04 October 1989
Age: 29
Resident: EC1
Inquest opening date: 05/10/89
Inquest jury date: 20/02/90
Inquest verdict: Accidental death

Patrick Stenson

Incident date: 22 June 1999
Age: 43
Resident: Kentish Town
Incident address: 168 Fenchurch St, EC3
Company involved, role not known Hbg (Southern) Ltd. of London, NW9
Company involved, role not known M G Cosgrove of West Thurrock
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.

Thomas Thompson

Incident date: 16 February 1991
Age: 49
Resident: Dagenham
Inquest opening date: 19/02/91
Inquest jury date: 01/05/91
Inquest verdict: Accidental death

John Walsh

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

Douglas Whiting

Incident date: 15 March 2001
Age: 50
Resident: Harlow
Incident address: 20 Moorgate, EC2.
Company involved, role not known Costain
Company involved, role not known Westminster Plant Co Ltd of Erith, Kent
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.

Stuart Whybrow

Incident date: 11 May 1993
Age: 27
Incident address: Smithfield Market, EC1.
Employer SGB Services
Principal contractor Taylor Woodrow
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

Robert Wright

Incident date: 22 April 1998
Age: 52
Resident: Romford
Incident address: Midland Bank Building, Lower Thames St, EC3.
Employer Pall Mall Cleaning Services
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
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