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Scaffold Firm Fined £85,000 After Worker Is Paralysed

Scaffmag Newsdesk - Jan 10, 2012

A scaffolding company faces fines and costs totalling £85,000 following an accident which paralysed a worker. Father-of-three David Collins was unloading behind Argos, in Festival...

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