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A firm whose failure to implement safety measures led to the tragic death of a young boy was fined £860,000 today.
Contractors RJ McLeod were responsible for a construction site that Shea Ryan was able to enter in Glasgow's Drumchapel on July 16 2020. The 10-year-old bypassed insecure fencing before sitting beside an open manhole cover situated 60 metres from a children's play park.
Shea said to other kids there that he "wanted to go down." Prosecutor Saud Ul-Hassan told Glasgow Sheriff Court: “Shea began to climb down the ladder where he slipped and fell. From the position of the ladder, he fell to the water below.”
The distance between the ladder and the bottom of the manhole was 6.3 metres. The other children raised the alarm and Shea’s stepdad Graham Patterson entered the manhole.
Police attended and officers found Shea lying on his back with Mr Patterson and a neighbour beside him. Mr Ul-Hassan said: “Shea was seen to have severe head injuries, cold to the touch and was not breathing.”
An officer brought Shea to the surface and performed CPR before he was taken to the Royal Children’s Hospital, but he could not be saved. The cause of death was noted as “head injury and drowning.”
RJ McLeod - whose most recent turnover was £194 million with a profit of £25 million - had taken temporary possession from another company ABV. They were carrying out work on a Glasgow City Council project on surface water to reduce flooding in the area.
The company pled guilty earlier this week to failing to ensure people not in their employment were not exposed to risks to their health and safety. Sheriff Matthew Jackson KC told the sentencing that the headline figure for a fine was £1.5 million.
The sheriff stated that this was reduced due
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