Keywords: British Waterways, safety instructions, canal, drown,

British Waterways in dock for double drowning

Prosecutions and Claims |
01.05.2007

Failing to ensure contractors had important safety instructions for work on towpaths has led national canal operator British Waterways to a £132,000 penalty. The company was prosecuted following the drowning of a father and son after a hedge-cutting tractor they were driving fell into a can ...

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