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Banstead, Surrey · Old Bailey
A worker was working in an unsupported trench replacing a damaged pipe when the walls collapsed without warning and buried him under approximately two tonnes of soil. No adequate measures had been taken to prevent collapse of the excavation.
Injuries: Fatal.
Section 3(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 (companies) and Section 7 of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 (individual)
“He lost his life because basic precautions were not in place to protect workers from the well-known risks that come with excavation work.”
Support excavations properly and never allow work in unsupported trenches.
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