"His death could have been prevented had Linbrooke Services Ltd put in place appropriate planning, supervision and protective measures to manage the risk of working at height. Death 'could have been prevented'ĭebbie Carroll, who heads the health and safety investigations team at the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service, said: "Matthew Mason lost his life in circumstances which were foreseeable and avoidable. In addition to the fine, the company was also ordered to pay Mr Mason's family £200,000 in compensation. Sheffield-based Linbrooke Services was found guilty at Dumbarton Sheriff Court of three breaches of health and safety and working at height regulations following a 14-day trial.
He was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident, which happened on June 5 2018. The piping pierced his side, causing internal injuries. He was trying to free cabling that had become stuck when he fell backward from a stepladder and was impaled on a section of piping being used as the handle on a cable drum.
Matthew Mason, 20, was installing a PA system at Bearsden railway station, in East Dunbartonshire, when he fell to his death. A construction company has been fined £550,000 over the "foreseeable and avoidable death" of an electrician who was impaled on metal piping.
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