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FURTHER DETAILS OF DEATHS
Thomas, a
gamekeeper at the Burton Agnes Estate near Driffield for 12 years, was found dead trapped
under a tree on the estate.
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Brian, a quantity surveyor working on a building site at the University of Leeds, James Bailey Flats student hall was run over and killed by a reversing telescopic materials handler The inquest was held at Leeds Coroner’s Court on 4 October 2004 when a verdict of 'Accidental Death' was returned.
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Peter, a
lorry driver, was crushed to death at the Finland Terminal in Hull when
wooden beams he was loading in his lorry fell and trapped him against
its side. The prongs of a forklift truck were too thick to get under a pallet, causing some beams to topple on to Peter. In April 2005 Peter's employers Northern Cargo Services, a subsidiary of Associated British Ports, was fined £60,000 with £34,873 costs. Judge Roger Thorn QC said Peter's death was 'avoidable'. 'You failed to ensure a safe system of work was in place for the loading of glue laminated beams and failed to carry out a risk assessment in relation to the picking up of long-length glue-laminated beams. this accident, in my view, was wholly forseeable.' Inspector Barry Clinch of the Health and Safety Executive said, 'I hope the message is clear to other companies that health and safety is important, especially as a few very simple actions could have been taken to stop this tragedy, such as splitting the load and someone watching for any danger.' The firm was fined a total of £4,500 for health and safety law failures that led to the deaths in 1992 of dock worker Michael Devaney and lorry driver Gilbert Walker. Both men were crushed to death by falling steel pipes in separate incidents.
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Jose, a Portuguese driver, died when he was trapped between two articulated trucks. He had forgotten to put on the brakes in his lorry and was walking back to his cab after checking the linkage when his lorry rolled back and jackknifed trapping him against another vehicle parked next to his. The inquest was held at West Yorkshire Eastern District Coroner’s Court on 16 June 2003. A verdict of 'Accidental Death' was returned. To see information on deaths in 2001 To see information on deaths in 2002 To see information on deaths in 2004 To see information on deaths in 2005 To see information on deaths in 2006 Shane Eastwood
Shane, a machine worker, died when he was struck by a falling crane hook. The inquest was to be held at South Yorkshire East Coroner’s Court.
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Anthony, a painter, died when a workman's cradle suspended outside an office block collapsed throwing him and three colleagues four storeys to the ground after a bracket in the right winch mechanism broke. The inquest was held at South Yorkshire West Coroner’s Court on 3 December 2004 when a verdict of 'Accidental Death' was returned. After the verdict he coroner, Christopher Dorries, vowed to take 'unprecedented' action to improve safety for high-rise workers. He said he would write to every company in the UK which provides platforms to warn of potential dangers and would also ask the government junior minister responsible for health and safety to consider there should be better guidance about the standard of competence of people allowed to test winch mechanisms. He said, 'This is quite firm and unprecedented action. But if the bracket had broken 10 seconds earlier when it was further up the building we could have been dealing with four deaths at this inquest, instead of one.' Anthony's colleagues said they didn't know they could use safety harnesses and admitted they never had asked for any. They also said that they never reported the problems with the right side of the walkway to the project manager. One said the problem initially made him feel 'insecure' but he later 'got used to it'. The inquest heard that despite undertaking six-monthly tests no service engineer at Apollo Cradles - the Barnsley firm which supplied the walkway - had spotted the bracket was corroding.
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Andrew, a kitchen porter at a bakery, died in hospital ten days after being struck by a falling bag of flour. The inquest was held at West Yorkshire Eastern District Coroner’s Court on 7 October 2004 when a verdict of 'Accidental Death' was returned. To see information on deaths in 2001 To see information on deaths in 2002 To see information on deaths in 2004 To see information on deaths in 2005 To see information on deaths in 2006
John, a contractor's
employee, was working in a cherry picker high in the gantries inside Guardian Glass factory in Goole when he became trapped in the steel and
was asphyxiated.
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Andrew, a joiner working at the Eggborough Power Station, died of severe head injuries resulting from a fall while carrying out installation work. Andrew fell 70 feet when the staircase on which he was working collapsed. The inquest was held at North Yorkshire Western District Coroner’s Court on 24 January 2005 when a verdict of 'Accidental Death' was returned. Managers admitted failing to maintain adequate safety at the power station when faced with charges under the Health and Safety Act. In March 2006 Selby magistrates referred the case to York Crown Court for sentencing.
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Ben, a 21-year-old sports studies student at Huddersfield University, died in Roundhay Park, Leeds. He was among workers helping to dismantle security fencing after a community bonfire and died when a fork-lift truck driven by a colleague, John Anthony Hindle, toppled on top of him. Mr Hindle, a permanent employee, had lost control of the vehicle while reversing down a steep slope, having allowed Ben and another worker to hitch a lift. He appeared at Leeds Crown Court on 11 August 2005 and admitted causing death by dangerous driving. Mr Hindle was sentenced to nine months in prison, suspended for two years. He was also banned from driving and ordered to pay £1,425 costs. Judge James Stewart told Mr Hindle that such cases normally involved custody, but this was an exception. 'In my judgement you were not deliberately driving dangerously,' he said. The court heard that Hindle had told Leeds Council he was certified to drive the fork-lift truck when he was not. Event Services were fined £18,000 for breaking health and safety regulations at a separate hearing.
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Adrian, a delivery driver from Caerphilly, was crushed by his own lorry when delivering at Linpac Plastics at Featherstone. The inquest was held at West Yorkshire Eastern District Coroner’s Court on 3 February 2005 when a verdict of 'Accidental Death' was returned.
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Gareth Stanley
Gareth died when he was struck by two vehicles at Birkham Wood on the A658 Harrogate bypass. It is believed that Gareth, who was wearing a high visibility coat, was trying to stop the traffic on the bypass to allow a mechanical digger to reverse. The inquest was held at North Yorkshire Western District Coroner’s Court on 26 January 2005 when a verdict of 'Accidental Death' was returned.
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Geoffrey fell and died when delivering plant to a site where tennis courts were being resurfaced. The principal contractors were Bernhard Landscapes Ltd of Wakefield. The inquest was held at West Yorkshire Eastern District Coroner’s Court on 8 November 2004 when a verdict of 'Accidental Death' was returned.
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