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Woodworking company fined £150k after worker injured

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May 2021 A company has been sentenced for safety breaches after a worker was struck by objects falling from an articulated trailer. The Court heard that in July 2019, the 45-year-old worker had been unloading the bottom deck of the … Continue reading →

DUMPERS/MOBILE PLANT AND VEHICLES GUIDANCE – CONSTRUCTION COMPANY FINED AFTER DUMPER TRUCK OVERTURNS AND FATALLY INJURES WORKER

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A leading construction company has been fined following an incident in which a worker was killed when a dumper truck overturned. The court heard that in October 2016, a groundworker working for the construction company, was manoeuvring a 9T front … Continue reading →