2018年10月，伦敦The Corniche豪华塔楼从90米高处坠落了一扇130公斤重的窗户，击中53岁的教练司机Mick Ferris并当场致死。[1]经过11小时以上的审议，陪审团裁定建筑设计公司Foster + Partners无罪，但项目经理St James和工程公司Lindner Prater因违反《1974年健康与安全工作法》被判有罪。[1]
检方曾指控设计方存在12次"失去的机会"来考虑风险防范。[1]调查发现，此前一年（2017年8月）同一建筑已经发生过窗户坠落事件，但未造成人员伤害，设计方并未采取任何改进措施。[1]窗户原本设计为向内开启，后来为避免与内部天花板碰撞而改为向外开启；直到Ferris死亡后，该设计才被改回向内开启。[1]
A 130-kilogram window plummeting from a height of 90 metres struck and killed 53-year-old coach driver Mick Ferris at The Corniche, a luxury apartment tower on London's Albert Embankment, in October 2018.[1] The architectural design firm Foster + Partners was acquitted of responsibility for the fatal incident, while project manager St James and engineering company Lindner Prater were found guilty of breaching the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974.[1]
The prosecution had identified twelve missed opportunities for the design team to consider and mitigate the risks that led to Ferris's death.[1] A window had fallen from the same building a year earlier in August 2017 without causing injury, yet no remedial measures were implemented following that incident.[1] The window had originally been designed to open inward but was later modified to open outward to avoid collision with interior ceiling fixtures—a change that was only reversed after Ferris's death.[1] Jurors deliberated for more than eleven hours before reaching their verdict.[1]