Two firms have been prosecuted after a 35-tonne truck-mounted crane overturned, forcing the driver to leap to safety. Read the full story and see the photograph.
A construction firm and subcontractor have both admitted safety breaches after a 600kg glass sheet fell on a lorry driver, breaking his pelvis.
Perhaps the companies should have read the HSE’s new workplace transport checklist.
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