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Gill Aggregates Limited was fined £24,000 and ordered to pay costs after a worker died from crush injuries caused by being drawn into machinery through a gap in fixed guarding. The company pleaded guilty to breaching the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 (PUWER).
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Worker died from crush injuries after being drawn into machinery through a gap in fixed guarding. Company fined and ordered to pay contribution to costs after pleading guilty to breaching PUWER 1998. Gill Aggregates Limited, which operates a site in Dagenham, East London, has been fined £24,000 after one of its workers was drawn into […]
Source: HSE Press
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