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BT cleared for engineer?s fatal fall
Prosecutions and Claims |
01.12.2006
BT has been cleared of charges for safety failures over the death of an employee who fell more than 8m from a telegraph pole.
The HSE prosecuted BT under the Health and Safety at Work Act for failing to protect Tara Whelan but a jury at Bristol Crown Court returned the not-guilty verdict on ...
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