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HSE found principal contractor failed to secure a skip’s bale arm from falling
An engineering company has been fined after a labourer died during the construction of a wind farm on the Shetland Islands, according to the HSE.
BAM Nuttall Limited, of Knoll Road, Camberley, Surrey, pleaded guilty to breaching Section 2(1) and Section 33(1)(a) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974.
The company was fined £800,000 with a £60,000 victim surcharge at Inverness Sheriff Court on 18 December 2024.
Agency worker Liam MacDonald, from Tain, Ross-shire, lost his life on the morning of 5 June 2022 while removing dried concrete from a skip at the Viking site on Upper Kergord.
The 23-year old been using a hammer to chip away the concrete when the skip’s bale arm fell on top of him and he was found motionless with the bale arm pinned against his chest, which led to an alarm being raised at the site.
Colleagues subsequently performed CPR on Mr MacDonald, before administering a defibrillator.
Jackie Randell, the investigating inspector from HSE, found the BAM Nuttall failed to secure the bale arm from falling.
Randell said: “This was a tragic incident which led to the death of a young man. Our thoughts remain with Mr MacDonald’s friends and family at this time." |
