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Claxton Engineering workers crushed under steel, inquest hears Claxton Engineering workers crushed under steel, inquest hears
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Four workers were crushed under 13 tonnes of steel at an engineering firm after rejecting requests to wear hard hats, an inquest has heard. Four men were crushed under 13 tonnes of steel at an engineering firm after a structure collapsed "like a folding picnic table", an inquest has heard.
The four men from Suffolk were building a test facility at Claxton Engineering in Great Yarmouth, in 2011. The workers from Suffolk were building a test facility at Claxton Engineering in Great Yarmouth on 21 January 2011.
A Health & Safety Executive (HSE) investigator told the coroner's court in Norwich that it collapsed "like a folding picnic table". Daniel Hazelton, 30, his 26-year-old brother Thomas Hazelton, Adam Taylor, 28, and Peter Johnson, 42, died.
The inquest, which is being heard by a jury, is due to last five days. The inquest, which is being heard by a jury, heard the men had rejected a request to wear hard hats.
Asphyxia due to traumaAsphyxia due to trauma
Daniel Hazelton, 30, his 26-year-old brother Thomas Hazelton, Adam Taylor, 28, and Peter Johnson, 42, died on 21 January 2011 while carrying out a contract for the offshore industry supply company.
The brothers and Mr Johnson were from Stanton near Bury St Edmunds, while Mr Taylor was from nearby Rickinghall.The brothers and Mr Johnson were from Stanton near Bury St Edmunds, while Mr Taylor was from nearby Rickinghall.
The men were working in a 2m (7ft) deep hole which measured 23m x 3m (75ft x 10ft) across, the inquest at the Sprowston Manor Hotel in Norwich heard. They had been carrying out a contract for the offshore industry supply company, working in a 2m (7ft) deep hole which measured 23m x 3m (75ft x 10ft) across, the inquest at the Sprowston Manor Hotel in Norwich heard.
A steel reinforcing cage, comprising of 39 tonnes of steel and 330 tonnes of concrete, was being erected inside it. A steel reinforcing cage, comprising 39 tonnes of steel and 330 tonnes of concrete, was being erected inside it.
Jonathan Elvin, HSE investigator, told the court the excavated hole was wet and the men were reinforcing sheet pilings when the steel toppled "collapsing like a folding picnic table". Jonathan Elvin, a Health and Safety Executive investigator, told the court the excavated hole was wet and the men were reinforcing sheet pilings when the steel toppled "collapsing like a folding picnic table".
Post-mortem examinations revealed they all died of asphyxia due to trauma.Post-mortem examinations revealed they all died of asphyxia due to trauma.
Safety 'concerns'Safety 'concerns'
The men were working for Hazegood Construction, of which Daniel Hazelton was a director.The men were working for Hazegood Construction, of which Daniel Hazelton was a director.
Mark Aylen, procurement manager for Claxton, told the court he had seen the men not wearing safety helmets and using grinders and other equipment without wearing safety glasses.Mark Aylen, procurement manager for Claxton, told the court he had seen the men not wearing safety helmets and using grinders and other equipment without wearing safety glasses.
He said when he questioned them about this, they told him hard hats fell off and that safety glasses steamed up.He said when he questioned them about this, they told him hard hats fell off and that safety glasses steamed up.
He also said he was concerned when he saw Daniel Hazleton "squeezing himself" between the reinforcing bars of the structure they were building.He also said he was concerned when he saw Daniel Hazleton "squeezing himself" between the reinforcing bars of the structure they were building.
He said he raised this, but was told it was the only way the work could be carried out.He said he raised this, but was told it was the only way the work could be carried out.