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Tata Steel fined £1.5m following death of contractor at Welsh steelworks
PORT TALBOT STEELWORKS, SOUTH WALES, JUL 31 – Tata Steel pleaded guilty to safety breaches causing Justin Day's death by a moving steel beam and was fined £1.5 million, with additional prosecution costs ordered by Swansea Crown Court.
- Tata Steel has been fined £1.5 million following the death of contractor Justin Day, who died from injuries at the Port Talbot steelworks in September 2019.
- Swansea Crown Court heard that Tata Steel pleaded guilty to two charges related to failing to ensure health and safety.
- Judge Geraint Walters stated that Justin Day's death was preventable and highlighted the company's past safety violations.
- Zoe Day, Justin's wife, expressed her ongoing struggles since his death, stating, 'Mentally I am lost and don’t know where I’m going with life.
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Tata Steel fined £1.5 million over fatal Port Talbot incident
Tata Steel has been fined £1.5 million following the death of contractor Justin Day, who was fatally crushed while working at the company’s Port Talbot steelworks in South Wales. The incident occurred on 25 September 2019, when Mr Day, a 44-year-old father-of-three and grandfather from Llansamlet, Swansea, was called to assist with a hydraulic leak on a large conveyor system. Although power had been isolated to part of the machinery, other secti…
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