Demolition Firm Fined after Worker Receives Severe Head Injuries

Lock Brothers (Plant Hire) Limited was fined £5,000 on 11 December 2002 by Central Criminal Court. The company was also ordered to pay £10,000 compensation to the victim and costs of £2,450, reports the HSE.

The prosecution followed an investigation into an incident in which the victim, a lorry driver, received serious head injuries at a building site on 5 February 2002. Mr Robert Pettigrove, of Watford, Herts, was employed by a company based in Potters Bar, Herts, and was on site to pick... (310 more words)

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