Health and Safety Executive

Firms fined £108,000 after diver fatality in canal lock

HSE highlighted the importance of safe practices when diving after a fatality at a canal lock.
Following a prosecution that arose from a diving fatality in Gloucestershire on 15 October 2004, HSE has warned that planning, identifying known risks and managing diving when undertaking construction works are all vital.

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