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Contractor fined after employee killed by collapsing wall
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H Mealing & Sons was working at Swainswick School when a retaining wall collapsedGary Anstey was killed when an unsupported retaining wall collapsed onto him.
Mr Anstey, aged 57, from Bristol, was working for H Mealing & Sons at a construction site at a school in Bath when the incident happened on 19th March 2019.
An investigation by the Health & Safety Executive (HSE) found that H Mealing & Sons failed to properly plan and supervise the construction of a 1.8-metre-high retaining wall at Swainswick School.
H Mealing & Sons Limited of Northend, Batheaston, Bath pleaded guilty to breaching Section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974.
With simple clear procedures and appropriate training this incident would not have happened.”The unsupported wall gave way under the weight of aggregate-filled grab bagsGot a story?
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