Construction firm fined £700,000 after worker crushed to death

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A construction company has been fined £700,000 over safety failings after one of its employees was crushed by adumper truck.John Cameron, 61, from Tyne and Wear, was working for BAM Nuttall during the building of an electricity substationat Blackhillock, near Keith in Moray. He died after his legs became trapped under a passing truck.Inverness Sheriff Court heard how he had been fitting a new blade to a specialist saw when the accident happened.Fiscal depute Gavin Callaghan told Sheriff Gary Aitken there was a safe place where Mr Cameron could have carriedout his work, but it was not clearly designated.