Piling contractor fined for safety breach

A specialist piling contractor in the UK has been fined after it was found to be operating a powerful rig without a safety guard around the rotating auger.

07 February 2017
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Sevenoaks Magistrates' Court heard how Health and Safety Executive (HSE) inspector Melvyn Stancliffe made an inspection of a site in Maidstone, Kent, in December 2014 and witnessed the piling rig in

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