30Aug 2024
A company has been fined after a man died while working inside an excavation at a construction site in Glasgow.
Derek Caddie lost his life when part of the excavation wall collapsed on 25 November 2019.
This led to the 44-year-old being trapped in soil from the neck down before being rescued by the emergency services. He died from his injuries in hospital three days later on 28 November.
Graeme McMinn, a principal inspector at the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), said: “This was a tragic and wholly avoidable accident, caused by the failure of Carrig Construction Services Limited to put in place measures to control the risk of the sides of the excavation collapsing.