Durham Council fined

Durham County Council has been fined a total of £20,000 for five health and safety offences arsing from an incident in which a 100-tonne mobile crane overturned into a culvert where men were working.

The incident occurred on 1 August 2005 when the Council was constructing an extension to an existing culvert and repairing the head wall of the culvert.

The Council ordered a crane and operator to lower materials into the culvert where they were working, which was about 30 metres belo... (335 more words)

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