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Lanarkshire firm fined £53,000 after granite slabs fatally crush much-loved dad
['Lanarkshire Live', 'Kieran Webster']
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Lanarkshire firm fined £53,000 after granite slabs fatally crush much-loved dadSteven White, 61, suffered massive head, neck and chest injuries after being crushed when massive granite slabs fell from a lorry.
View Image The Blyth Marble depot in Larkhall (Image: Google)A business has been fined after a worker was crushed to death when massive granite slabs fell from a lorry at a Larkhall depot.
Mr White, who leaves a partner and a son from a previous relationship, had worked as a driver for the company for seven years.
Mr White was helping attach the huge slabs, weighing almost a tonne, to an overhead crane when they tilted towards him.
He jumped from the back of the lorry to the ground but the slabs fell on top of him, reports Lanarkshire Live.