23-03-2024 13:29 via Construction Enquirer

Site engineer crushed to death by excavator

A demolition and site remediation specialist has been fined £133,330 after an employee was crushed to death during site preparation work on a new housing development.
James Rourke lost his life after being struck and run over by an excavator at Sarazen Gardens, Brampton on 18 November 2019.
The 22-year-old site engineer had been attaching ‘warning’ work signs to fencing around the site when he was hit by the vehicle.
Rourke, from Westcliff-on-Sea in Essex, had only joined his e
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