Serious incident sees man almost lose arm on construction site

An incident on a construction site in Cornwall lead to a worker almost losing his arm whilst operating a petrol disc cutter.

Local reports say that the worker severed an artery with the tool whilst working on the Wainhomes site, Borough View, in Bodmin.

It is believed the man is an employee of Exeter-based construction firm, MJL Group Ltd.

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) confirmed the incident and will now conduct an investigation to determine how it occurred.

A spokesperson for the HSE said: “HSE is aware of, and is investigating, an incident which occurred on June 1 at the Wainhomes construction site. We cannot comment further at this time.”

Earlier in June, two South West based companies were fined by the HSE after a woman was hit by scaffolding.

Weymouth Magistrates’ Court heard how employees of Carter Training Ltd were using a mobile crane on the building project in Queen Mothers Square, Poundbury, Dorchester when the attachment holding 500 scaffolding fittings weighing 2kg each was turned on its side emptying all contents onto workers and the concrete flooring 10.5 metres below.

Speaking after the hearing HSE inspector Nicole Buchanan said: “The worker is very lucky that her injuries were not life threatening. Both Zero C Holdings and Carter Training put a number of workers at risk of harm when they failed to plan or identify the risks of heavy lifting.

“This case highlights the need for duty holders to properly plan all lifting operations before work is carried out to manage the risk of injury to workers. Lifting directly above workers is inherently unsafe and should be avoided wherever possible”

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