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Construction Companies Fined after Worker Fatality

15 Mar, 2012 WorkersCompensation.com

A pair of construction companies has been fined a total of £65,000 ($103,000) after a British man was killed when a steel beam weighing more than a ton fell on him while it was being […]

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