Scott Bradley, 44, suffered a fatal head injury after the vehicle he was operating fell down an embankment at a large new-build development in Glasgow's Easterhouse.
A construction firm was fined £160,000 today after a worker was killed when a vehicle he was operating fell down an embankment.
The investigation concluded there were issues with a "traffic route" at an area Mr Bradley had been working at that day. "This caused the telehandler to flip and for Mr Bradley to be partially ejected from the cab and crushed."This person then went through a gap in the fence to help Mr Bradley. Other site workers also rushed to his aid.Mercy crews arrived to try and free a now unconscious Mr Bradley from the telehandler.The Health and Safety Executive arrived and immediately had a number of concerns including about site security and it being untidy.
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