Builder fined over wall collapseA building contractor has been fined £7,000 after a worker broke his back when a wall fell on him at a construction site in east London.
Jason Lunnon, 41, from Barnet, also broke seven ribs, fractured his right hand and suffered serious damage to his internal organs when he was struck by the falling concrete blocks on the site in Field Road, Forest Gate, Newham.
Principal contractor Keith Gardner, trading as KP Gardner Builders, was fined and ordered to pay costs of £6,969.50.
Mr Gardner of Cairns Avenue, Woodford Green, Waltham Forest, pleaded guilty to breaching Section 3(2) of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 at City of London Magistrates' Court.
Mr Lunnon was working on the first floor of a partially-constructed block of flats last March when the wall, which had not been properly secured, collapsed on him when a gust of wind blew it over, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) said.
A investigation by the HSE showed that Mr Gardner had failed to properly plan, manage and monitor work at the site.
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