06-03-2024 08:58 via constructionenquirer.com

Steel worker crushed to death between two beams

A structural steel contractor has been fined £120,000 after a worker was killed after becoming trapped between two beams.
In May 2019, Steve Rooke, 55, was working in the workshop at manufacturer and installer Mifflin Construction Ltd in Leominster, Herefordshire.
Rooke, who had worked at the company for more than 27 years was using an overhead travelling crane to lift the middle of three beams to position it better on a trolley or ‘bogey’ which ran on rails in the workshop.The
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