Two companies have been fined a total of £66,000 after a worker was killed when the old fuel storage tank he was cutting up exploded.
Westminster Magistrates’ Court heard how, on 16 March 2017, 54-year-old Stephen Hampton, working at a site on Swains Lane in Camden, London, when the end of the storage tank struck him during the explosion, causing fatal injuries.
Two companies – Materials Movement Ltd and P J Labour Services Ltd have both been fined after an investigation by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) found both contractors failed in their duties to effectively plan, manage and monitor control measures to address the risks associated with the demolition of a site that contained fuel tanks. The HSE said the standards for this type of work are “well-known, established and clear”.
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