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UK: Contractor fined over $1m
A construction company in the UK has been sentenced and fined £600,000 (A$1,093,422) after an employee was run over and killed by a dumper truck.
The Court heard that on 5 December 2016, Allenbuild Limited was the principal contractor on a construction site when an agency labourer was run over and killed by a dumper truck, driven by an employee of Crummock (Scotland) Limited.
An investigation by the Health and Safety Executive found Allenbuild Limited failed to organise the construction site in such a way to ensure that no work was carried out on or near traffic routes whilst vehicles were in operation. It is thought that the deceased was spray painting a 'piling marker' in front of a dumper truck, when it moved forward, driving over him.
Source: HSE press release