Article 6V9QG Network Rail fined £3.75m for health and safety breaches that led to death of track workers

Network Rail fined £3.75m for health and safety breaches that led to death of track workers

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Gwyn Topham Transport correspondent
from World news | The Guardian on (#6V9QG)

Gareth Delbridge and Michael Spike' Lewis died after being hit by a train near Port Talbot in July 2019

Network Rail has been fined 3.75m for health and safety breaches that led to the death of two track workers in south Wales in 2019.

The workers were killed when struck by a train after starting an unnecessary maintenance activity" on the south Wales mainline while it was still being used, with no lookouts posted to warn them.

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