Teenager Blinded in Accident

Industry website Construction Enquirer is reporting that a demolition firm has been fined £8,000 after a teenager was blinded in one eye while helping to demolish a mill in Tameside.

The 19-year-old was using a pickaxe to lever up wooden floorboards at Hyde Mill, on Ashton Road in Hyde on 8 September 2009, when he was hit in his left eye by a splinter.

Dovestone Contractors Ltd, which has an annual turnover of £2.7 million, was prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive after it failed to ensure the teenager wore goggles or other eye protection.

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2nd Dec 2010

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