Construction worker killed by excavator
A NORTH Yorkshire construction company has been fined after a worker was struck on the head and killed by a 16-ton excavator.
A NORTH Yorkshire construction company has been fined after a worker was struck on the head and killed by a 16-ton excavator.
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