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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 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. | 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 workers from Suffolk were building a test facility at Claxton Engineering in Great Yarmouth on 21 January 2011. | The workers from Suffolk were building a test facility at Claxton Engineering in Great Yarmouth on 21 January 2011. |
| Daniel Hazelton, 30, his 26-year-old brother Thomas Hazelton, Adam Taylor, 28, and Peter Johnson, 42, died. | Daniel Hazelton, 30, his 26-year-old brother Thomas Hazelton, Adam Taylor, 28, and Peter Johnson, 42, died. |
| Procurement manager Mark Aylen told the inquest he had seen the men not wearing safety helmets. | Procurement manager Mark Aylen told the inquest he had seen the men not wearing safety helmets. |
| He told the jury he questioned the men about this, and that hey claimed the hats had a tendency to fall off. | He told the jury he questioned the men about this, and that hey claimed the hats had a tendency to fall off. |
| Asphyxia due to trauma | Asphyxia due to trauma |
| 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. |
| 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. | 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 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, 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". | 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. |