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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Emily Pennick

Two construction firms fined £1.1million after worker buried alive in Surrey

Surrey
  • Two construction companies have been fined a combined total of more than £1.1m following the death of a worker who was buried alive in Surrey.
  • Gheorghita Arsene, 33, was fatally crushed on 24 June 2020 when an unsupported 10ft deep trench collapsed on him at a construction site in Banstead.
  • Appledorn Developments Limited was fined £500,000 and T Vaughan Limited was fined £650,000 plus £40,000 in costs by Judge Judy Khan KC at the Old Bailey.
  • Contracts manager Anthony O’Connor was handed a 10-month sentence suspended for 18 months and ordered to complete 150 hours of unpaid work after admitting health and safety breaches.
  • The Health and Safety Executive highlighted that basic precautions were ignored, as no trench supports were installed to protect workers from well-known excavation risks.

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Firms fined over £1 million after ‘horrifying’ death of worker buried alive in Surrey ditch

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