Health and safety just not good enough

Posted on October 26^th 2009

A construction company based in Watford has been told to change their health and safety procedures, after a worker died from being crushed by a 14 tonne digger. The worker Charles Kinsella was making general repairs on the hydraulics of the digger when it malfunctioned and struck him in the chest trapping him.

The 61-year-old worker was killed in January 2007 at P.B Donoghue, which lead to an extensive investigation, proving that the company needed to tighten up its health and safety procedures. The investigation also lead to the widow of Mr Kinsella receiving a six-figure compensation pay out.

The person responsible for the pay out, Sarah Griggs said: "We hope this case also serves as a warning to all companies that they have a responsibility to review where and how accidents in the workplace could happen and put systems in place to prevent them."

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