Bellway Homes fined after dumper overturns and injures driver

Bellway Homes has been fined £20,000 after a worker broke his hip when his dump truck overturned in a ditch.

Contractor FG Construction (Nottingham) was also fined £7,500 over the accident that happened on a Bellway site in The Manor, Sheffield on 28 February 2006.

The Sheffield Crown Court heard that the worker broke his hip when forced to jump out of the overturning dumper.

Bellway Homes pleaded guilty to failing to ensure traffic routes through the site were suitable for vehicles, while FG Construction pleaded guilty to a health and safety breach.

Health and Safety Executive inspector Stephen Hargreaves said: “The driver was forced over the edge of an unprotected excavation after Bellway Homes failed to segregate the traffic route from pedestrians crossing the site.

“As his dumper overturned, he jumped from the vehicle and sustained a broken hip, causing him to be off work for a number of months.

“The incident could have easily been avoided had there been proper safety measures in place.”

Bellway Homes were fined £20,000 and told to pay £11,000 in costs, while FG Construction were fined £7,500 and ordered to pay £8,500 in costs.