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	LATEST LATEST LEGAL NEWS ARCHIVE		LATEST NEWS & EVENTS Foreman fined after work killed in trench collapse A foreman has been fined after a labourer was killed when a trench collapsed, employees looking for an accident at work solicitor have been told. Graeme Scott, 30, from Dunfermline, died while working for Cameron and Stevenson (Scotland) Ltd, which is now in liquidation. He was walking along the side of a three-metre-deep trench at a site in Glasgow in 2008 when it collapsed beneath him. A Health and Safety Executive (HSE) investigation revealed there was no edge protection to the trench and that the sides of the trench were unsupported, despite measures available to do this. Site foreman William Parry, 33, of High Valleyfield, Fife, was fined £240 after pleading guilty to health and safety charges. After the case, HSE inspector Graeme McMinn said: "If Mr Parry had taken the simple precautions he had been instructed to take, then Graeme Scott would be alive today." In 2009/10, 152 were killed in workplace accidents, according to figures from the HSE. Posted by Georgina Price Related Articles: 16/5/2012 - Falls from height remain major workplace safety concern 14/5/2012 - Construction firm fined after worker is injured in roof fall 10/5/2012 - Focus on health and safety delivers business benefits 1/5/2012 - Asbestos danger leads to fine for Dorset builder 30/4/2012 - Shipyard operator fined over scaffolding accident at work More Personal Injury Law News