2018年10月2日，53岁的教练司机Mick Ferris在伦敦Vauxhall地区Corniche豪华公寓外被一块从26层楼高处掉落的窗户砸死1。该窗格重130公斤，宽约85厘米、高190厘米，从约90米高处坠落1。伦敦内庭法院近日做出判决，开发商St James Group Ltd被罚款100万英镑，承包商Lindner Prater被罚30万英镑，两公司还各需支付12.5万英镑诉讼费1。
法院认定两家公司违反了《1974年健康安全工作法》，忽视了可预见的风险1。该建筑的窗户设计存在缺陷，采用向外开启的方式，仅由单个金属限制器固定1。同一建筑在2017年8月曾发生过窗格掉落事件1，表明安全隐患在事故前已经显现。
Two companies have been convicted and ordered to pay a combined £1.3 million in fines following the death of a coach driver struck by a window that fell from a luxury apartment building in London. 1 Developer St James Group Ltd was fined £1 million, while contractor Lindner Prater received a £300,000 penalty; both firms were also instructed to pay £125,000 each in legal costs. 1 The incident occurred on October 2, 2018, when Mick Ferris, 53, was fatally struck by a 130-kilogram window panel approximately 85 centimetres wide and 190 centimetres tall that fell from approximately 90 metres above near Vauxhall in London at the Corniche luxury apartment building. 1
The court found both companies guilty of breaching the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 by failing to address foreseeable risks. 1 The window in question was designed to open outward and was secured only by a single metal restrictor, a design defect that contributed to the accident. 1 The same building had experienced a similar window fall in August 2017. 1 The verdicts were delivered at London's Inner Court following the companies' guilty pleas in August. 1
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