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Vehicle Repair Firm Find After Death

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Vehicle Repair Firm Find After Death

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Date:
2 December 2009
Release No:
HSE/EM/103/09A commercial vehicle repair centre in Kettering has been fined £40,000 and ordered to pay £25,000 costs after an employee was crushed to death underneath a 24-tonne lorry.

FW Abbott Ltd pleaded guilty at Northampton Crown Court today (2 December) to health and safety breaches which led to the death of Martin John Carswell, 47, of Wellingborough. Mr Carswell was working underneath a 24-tonne road drain cleaning vehicle when the equipment supporting it collapsed. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) successfully prosecuted the company, of Pytchley Road, Kettering.

Full story: http://www.hse.gov.uk/press/2009/coiem10309.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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