{"id":88227,"date":"2023-11-28T12:41:35","date_gmt":"2023-11-28T12:41:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebritytidings.com\/?p=88227"},"modified":"2023-11-28T12:41:35","modified_gmt":"2023-11-28T12:41:35","slug":"man-24-crushed-to-death-at-muller-yogurt-factory-as-heartbroken-mum-speaks-out-over-entirely-preventable-death-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebritytidings.com\/world-news\/man-24-crushed-to-death-at-muller-yogurt-factory-as-heartbroken-mum-speaks-out-over-entirely-preventable-death-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Man, 24, crushed to death at M\u00fcller Yogurt factory – as heartbroken mum speaks out over 'entirely preventable' death | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"
A MAN was crushed to death at a M\u00fcller Yogurt factory – with his heartbroken mum speaking out over his "entirely preventable" death.<\/p>\n
Lewis McFarlin, 24, was killed while trying to repair a lift at the factory in Market Drayton, Shropshire on January 14 2020.<\/p>\n
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The engineer had climbed on top of the lift while trying to fix its jammed door.<\/p>\n
But the lift suddenly switched from "inspection mode" back to normal and started moving.<\/p>\n
Lewis was crushed in the gap between the lift and the shaft, with horrified colleagues unable to free him.<\/p>\n
He was already dead by the time emergency services arrived at the scene.<\/p>\n
The company Lewis worked for was fined \u00a3200,000 following a Health and Safety Executive probe into his death at Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court.<\/p>\n Investigators said Lift Monitoring Systems Ltd had failed to cover the gap which Lewis was trapped in – and that he would not have died if it had done so properly.<\/p>\n The firm pleaded guilty to failing to discharge the duty imposed on it by the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974.<\/p>\n Lewis' mum Leah Salt said: "Hearing all the evidence has been extremely difficult. <\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n "Hearing how Lewis\u2019 death was easily and reasonably preventable, is heartbreaking. <\/p>\n "No one should go to work and not return.<\/p>\n "As a family, losing our lovely Lewis and his future, has had a massive impact on all of our lives. <\/p>\n "Nothing can bring my son home.<\/p>\n "However, if future lives and families can be protected as a result of this outcome, then Lewis\u2019 death hasn\u2019t been in vain."<\/p>\n HSE inspector Andrew Johnson said: "This tragic and entirely preventable incident led to the loss of a much loved son. <\/p>\n "The risks associated with working on lifts and the necessary safety measures were well-known to the company.<\/p>\n "Sadly, in this case, the employer failed to meet its responsibilities to put in place simple and well-established reasonably practicable measures such as covering the void in which Lewis became trapped in. <\/p>\n "Had the company fulfilled its duties, this tragic incident simply would not have happened."<\/p>\n<\/picture>SNOW GO <\/span><\/p>\n
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