Sir Robert McAlpine Ltd (SRM), based in Hemel Hempstead, was fined £40,000 and ordered to pay costs of £12,526, at a sentencing hearing at the Central Criminal Court (Old Bailey). SRM had earlier pleaded guilty to breaching section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974.
In July 2005, a worker at a construction site in Westminster, London, was hit by a lamppost which fell on his lower leg whilst the mobile crane was working. The mobile crane was moved several times. When it was placed in its final position it was noticed that the mobile crane could hit a lamppost. Adjustments were not made.
