Death due to unsecured handrail costs Chalcroft £260,000

A Construction company has been fined £260,000 after an incident which led to the death of an employee in Bilsthorpe.

F J Chalcroft (Construction), of King's Lynn, was also ordered to pay £80,000 costs by Nottingham Crown Court after pleading guilty to breaching the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974. Daniel Askew, 22, from Pembrokeshire, died when he fell 10m after leaning on an unsecured handrail on the mezzanine area of a cold store under construction at the premises of Phil H... (44 more words)

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