Keywords: Carmarthenshire County Council, lift shaft, Lyric theatre, Gareth Williams, health and safety, scissor lift, Llanelli magistrates,
Updated: Council penalised for death-risk theatre lift
Sasha Wood | Prosecutions and Claims |
14.10.2008
Carmarthenshire County Council has been fined £45,000 for a potentially fatal incident in which a teacher plunged 2.5 metres down a theatre lift shaft.
The accident happened in May 2007, when drama teacher Gareth Williams was volunteering as stage manager for the Urdd eisteddfod, an ...
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