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Rosyth Royal Dockyard Ltd fined £10,000

Date:
23 March 2010
Release No:
SCO/134/10

Rosyth Royal Dockyard Ltd was fined £10,000 on Friday 12 March after a steel plate fell during a lifting operation on 5 February 2009 and caused severe injury to a contractor's hand. The contractor, employed by Robert Summers Transport Ltd of Buckhaven was involved in an accident during a steel plate lifting operation.

Rosyth Royal Dockyard Ltd pled guilty to a charge under Section 3 of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974. The case was heard in Dunfermline Sheriff Court.

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  2. Section 3 of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 states: "It shall be the duty of every employer to conduct his undertaking in such a way as to ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, that persons not in his employment who may be affected thereby are not thereby exposed to risks to their health or safety."
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Updated 2010-03-23