A Germany-based construction firm has been fined GBP266,000 over a contractor’s death during the construction of the Glendoe hydroelectric power scheme in Scotland.
Ondrej Hladick, 46, died when he was crushed by part of the equipment he was using at the site on Sept. 22 2008, BBC News reported.
Hochtief Construction AG has been fined GBP266,000 (about US$410,000) at Inverness Sheriff Court, the Crown Office said. The fine was reduced from GBP400,000 due to the company’s guilty plea to a breach of health and safety, reports indicate.
The court heard that the telehandler, a forklift-type vehicle Hladick was driving was in extremely poor condition, wire reports indicate.
It was believed the workman, from Prague, was leaning out of a large missing window and was crushed by the machine’s telescopic boom as he lowered it.
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