Probe into trench tragedy

AN probe was continuing today into the death of a workman who was killed after being buried alive in a Glasgow park.
The 30-year-old, whose identity has not yet been revealed by police, died after he was buried under a huge mound of earth in Cranhill Park, in the East End, as reported in later editions [...]

£30k fine after worker loses fingertips

Two firms have been fined after a worker lost two of his fingertips while repairing a shredder at a paper recycling plant.
Engineering firm RCP Macpress, of Horsehay, Shropshire, and SCA Recycling UK, of Aylesford, Kent, were each fined £15,000 plus costs after pleading guilty to breaching the Health and Safety at Work Act.
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Safety expert raises Mound concerns

A health and safety expert has complained a digger restoring Oxford’s Castle Mound was working precariously on its slopes.
Nigel Spawton, of GBS Architects in Becket Street, which provides health and safety advice to construction firms, snapped a picture of the digger working on the £150,000 project to repair landslips on the ancient monument.
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Girl, three, plunges 100ft in front of horrified Primark shoppers

A THREE-year-old girl was fighting for her life in Alder Hey hospital last night after plunging 100ft down a gap between escalators in Liverpool’s Primark retail store.
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