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Construction firm fined £10k after Scots man crushed to death by drill in Glasgow
03.11.2022 - 17:51 / dailyrecord.co.uk
The family of a man crushed to death by a 3.5 tonne industrial drill say a £10,000 fine for his bosses does not reflect the "pain and trauma" they have experienced in the last three years.
Core Cut Limited employee Derek McLean, 43, was crushed after attempting to manoeuvre a 3.5 tonne BROKK machine up a set of stairs in Glasgow's St Enoch shopping centre on August 22, 2019. Mr McLean was having difficulty gaining grip with trafficking the machine as it was being moved remotely up the stairwell of the city centre location.
The exact circumstances of the accident are said to be "unknown" but CCTV showed the experienced diamond drilling operative part way through tracking the machine. The dad-of-three was later found trapped between the machine and a concrete wall to the left of the stairwell.
He was also found to have the remote control of used to operate the machine around his waistband. A timber board - used for tracking machinery upstairs - was found resting against a wall while another was underneath the left track of the equipment.
Core Cut Limited pled guilty at Glasgow Sheriff Court to failing to make a suitable and sufficient assessment to the risks of health and safety of Mr McLean.
In a statement, Derek's family said of the five-figure sum: "While the sentence may reflect a degree of accountability and leads to improving safety for others, it does not reflect the pain and trauma we feel following the loss of Derek. We would like to thank those around us who provided support and comfort over the last three years but now we just wish for the media to respect our privacy."
Sheriff John McCormick said: "It is accepted that death did not occur as a consequence of the breach. Mr McLean was behind the machine on an
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