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| Airbus fined £200,000 for death of worker Donald Williams | Airbus fined £200,000 for death of worker Donald Williams |
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| Airbus has been fined £200,000 for failing to ensure the health and safety of an employee who was crushed to death at its Flintshire factory. | Airbus has been fined £200,000 for failing to ensure the health and safety of an employee who was crushed to death at its Flintshire factory. |
| Mechanic Donald Williams, 62, from Buckley, died after fracturing his skull at the manufacturer's Broughton factory in Flintshire in November 2011. | |
| Mr Williams was crushed while attaching a piece of machinery to a tractor. | Mr Williams was crushed while attaching a piece of machinery to a tractor. |
| Mold Crown Court was told Airbus must also pay £58,000 in costs after pleading guilty to the charge. | |
| The inquest into Mr Williams's death, held in Ruthin in November 2013, heard he was working in the garage on a hydraulic hose linking a tractor to a hopper when he was fatally injured. | |
| Colleague Stephen Shone entered the tractor cab and switched on the engine while Mr Williams stood behind the rear nearside wheel. | |
| He pulled the lever to activate the system and raise the hopper then heard Mr Williams shout so pushed the lever back and saw his colleague trapped. | |
| Other colleagues rushed to help, and Mr Williams was taken to the Countess of Chester Hospital where he died. |