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Company fined after telehandler overturns and kills worker

The construction site where the fatal accident happened - A construction company has been fined £160,000 after a man was killed by a telehandler at a house build site in Glasgow.
The construction site where Scott Bradley had been using the telehandler to move scaffolding behind houses that had been partially built (Image: HSE)

A construction company has been fined £160,000 after a man was killed by a telehandler at a house build site in Glasgow.

Scott Bradley, 44, had been employed by Merchant Homes Partnership Ltd when the accident happened on 11 May 2022.

Bradley had been reversing the vehicle at the Stepford Road site when the wheels went over the edge of the traffic route, sliding down an embankment and overturning.

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