Keywords: manslaughter, work at heights, work equipment,

Builder's 'contempt' for safety earns him 18-month fine

Prosecutions and Claims |
01.03.2006

A building boss has been jailed for 18 months for the manslaughter of an employee, killed when he fell out of a "home-made" basket balanced on the forks of a poorly maintained telehandler.

The Crown Prosecution Service prosecuted Wayne Davies of A&E Buildings after a joint in ...

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