Two companies fined £1.3m after fatal London window fall
Two companies have been fined a combined £1.3 million over health and safety breaches after coach driver Mick Ferris was killed by a falling window pane in London. The 130-kilogram pane fell 26 storeys from the Corniche development and crushed the 53-year-old in 2018.
Two companies have been fined a total of £1.3 million after a coach driver was killed by a falling window pane at a luxury housing development in London. Mick Ferris, 53, was crushed when the 130-kilogram pane fell 26 storeys from the Corniche development in Vauxhall on 2 October 2018, according to The Guardian. The fines followed health and safety breaches connected with the incident.
The supplied report does not name the companies or provide a breakdown of the penalties imposed on each of them. It also does not give details of the safety failures identified by the proceedings, explain how the window became detached or state whether anyone else was injured. The case concerns the death of Ferris and the responsibility of the companies involved in the property’s construction or management.
The available material provides no further information about the court’s findings or the companies’ responses.
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