Company fined after untrained worker causes accident

A property services company has been fined £4,000 with cots of £12,000 in relation to a construction site accident where a worker lost a leg.

The prosecution followed an investigation by the HSE into an accident that occurred on 23 November 2004. Labourer Lance Smith was injured while assisting a colleague with picking up a one tonne of ballast from the rear of a tipper truck using an excavator.

Smith's colleague, Jamie Collier-Baker who drove the excavator, attempted to man... (433 more words)

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