In today’s show: The new JCB 25Z-1 mini excavator – Is it Hot or Not? Caterpillar UHD excavator against the clock; we have a glimpse of the latest rotating telehandler from Manitou; and we’re meeting the man responsible for the return of Intermat.
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A company has been fined £450,000 and the firm’s director has received a suspended prison sentence after a labourer was crushed to death at a site in the Midlands in 2019.
Simon Briggs, principal director of Stonehurst Estates Ltd, was sentenced to 23 weeks’ imprisonment, suspended for 18 months, for a health and safety offence following the death of 49-year-old Oleksander “Sasha” Rudyy at a development site in Hockley, Birmingham.
Site foreman Vasyl Bychkov was also sentenced to 130 hours of unpaid work after previously pleading guilty to failing to take reasonable care for the health and safety of others at the site.
The company, Stonehurst Estates Ltd, was fined £450,000 after pleading guilty to corporate manslaughter and a health and safety offence. The firm was also ordered to pay costs of £167,601.
Stonehurst Estates Ltd worked on the sensitive structure without a proper plan and sequence in place, despite safety measures being known and readily available to the company.
None of the men working on the building, including Bychkov who was onsite at the time, had any expertise in demolition work, and there was no risk assessment or safe system of work in place for the task Rudyy was undertaking.
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In today’s show: The latest midi excavators from Yanmar – Are they Hot or Not? A big Komatsu dozer scales the Alps; Allu is a star of the small screen; and Caterpillar brings the digital to Intermat. PLUS we’re moving mountains with an old school O&K face shovel.
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Court hears of “woeful” safety standard.
A worker was crushed to death beneath a falling ceiling at a building site where health and safety measures were described as ‘woeful’. Oleksander Rudyy was killed at the scene in Vittoria Street, Hockley on May 8 in 2019.
The 49-year-old, known as ‘Sasha’, was not a ‘builder by trade’ but was using a grinder tool to remove nine rods within a building called the Coal Store, Birmingham Crown Court heard. But he was not aware they were crucial to the support of the structure.
Rudyy had been working with another colleague at the time. Prosecutor Michael Burrows KC said: “As he cut the last rod the wall and brick floor above them collapsed upon them. Both were buried.
Rudyy was covered by a solid wall of bricks. Other workers tried to free him. Police, ambulance and other emergency services attended.
“After 20 minutes they managed to remove Rudyy from the rubble. He had a metal bar impaled in his shoulder. There were no signs of life. Efforts were made to resuscitate him but at 6.18pm he was pronounced dead.”
Stonehurst Estates and Vittoria Apartments, both based at Danehill, Sussex, have pleaded guilty to corporate manslaughter and a further health and safety offence. Stonehurst’s sole director Simon Briggs, aged 61, from the same address, and supervisor Vasyl Bychkov, aged 45, from Clapham in London, have also admitted manslaughter, while Bychkov has confessed to an additional health and safety offence.
Mr Burrows told the court the site at Vittoria Street was to be redeveloped and the Coal Store building was to be removed. He said: “Stonehurst Estates decided to save costs by doing the demolition itself.”
The sentencing hearing continues.
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In today’s show: To celebrate our 666th show, we are going full Beast Mode and featuring some of the biggest machines on the planet from the likes of Caterpillar, Komatsu and Liebherr.
We also get the low down on the new Stage V Teleskid machines from JCB; and we’re checking out what Hitachi has in store for Intermat 2024.
PLUS you can take part in our second JCB prize giveaway.
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In today’s show: We’ll show you what we got up to at JCB’s World Headquarters; we’re going Down Under with a massive Liebherr excavator; we’re in South Africa to take a look behind the scenes at the Bell Heavy Industries factory; and JCB breathes new life into its most iconic product.
PLUS we will see one of the new models that Bomag will be rolling out at Intermat 2024.
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In today’s show: The Bridge Busters strike again; the Equipter – Is it Hot or is it Not? Bobcat is feeling chipper; Montabert warms up for Intermat 2024; and JCB – Something tiny this way comes
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In this week’s episode: In what was an awful week for the UK demolition industry: Wooldridge goes to the wall; Blucon is gone; demolition could be actively discouraged in London; and a court upholds the disqualification of a demolition director.
In today’s show: The Allu Transformer bucket – Is it Hot or is it Not? Ringing the changes with Bell; a demolition project like you have never seen; a JCB customer prepares for take-off; and Bobcat’s big plans for Intermat 2024.
PLUS can you guess the identity of our Mystery Machine?
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In today’s show: Komatsu’s autonomous mine truck is a glimpse of the future; XCMG delivers in Turkey; Caterpillar gets to grips with trees; and Montabert embraces telematics for greater attachment management.
PLUS can you guess the identity of our Mystery Machine?
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