Keywords: crane, accident, vehicle maintenance, excavator,

Poor crane maintenance caused crushing

Prosecutions and Claims |
01.05.2007

Lack of maintenance has been blamed for an accident in which an eight-tonne excavator fell from a crane and crushed a man to death. The incident cost family-run hire and haulage firm EJ Lidster and Sons, which had a history of poor vehicle maintenance, £70,000 plus costs of £35,000. < ...

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