Keywords: Health and safety, W&M Thompson, Alan Armstrong, quarry,

Foreman fined for endangering colleague

Prosecutions and Claims |
28.04.2008

A quarry firm and a site foreman have both pleaded guilty to safety breaches after an employee became trapped in a rotating, unguarded shaft between a tractor and a water bowser.

The worker suffered three cracked ribs and bruised lungs and spent six days in hospital following the incident i ...

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