Company fined after security guard is crushed to death

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• Irwin Mitchell Solicitors

A company has been fined £20,000 and ordered to pay costs of £5,717 after pleading guilty to health and safety breaches which led to the death of a security guard.

John Cavill, 54, was working for SDS Security Services as a security guard at the premises of E. Pawson & Son Limited when a metal security gate fell from its tracks, landing on top of him. He had been closing the gate at the time, and evidence given at the inquest found that safety bolts, which would have prevente... (146 more words)

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