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A worker has been killed in a tragic accident at work after a large steel beam fell on him.
Colin Dickinson, 38, of Motherwell, Lanarkshire, died when the temporary suspension points on a suspender beam he was underneath failed and the equipment fell on him at an incinerator in Slough, Berkshire.
The beam, which weighed 1.4 tonnes, fell five metres onto Mr Dickinson, causing fatal injuries to his chest and fractures to his back and legs.
A Health and Safety Executive (HSE) investigation found that a team of five people were installing two cranes in the hall of a new incinerator building.
They were lifting two steel beams to a height of around 18 metres, which then had to be welded to the underside of the roof beams fixed to the rafters.
According to the investigation, if the whole process had been planned, supervised well and carried out in a safe manner then the lifting operation could have been successful.
HSE inspector Karen Morris commented: "This incident was entirely preventable and it should act as a reminder to others that standards need to be maintained to ensure the safety of workers at all times."
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