HS2 contractors fined £400,000 after tipper truck fall

A joint venture working on HS2 has been fined £400,000 after the driver of a 20-tonne tipper truck was injured when his vehicle fell off the edge of an excavation ramp.
The incident happened on 27 July 2021, at a site in Copthall North near Uxbridge, West London.
The site was being run by SCS Railways, a joint venture of Skanska Construction UK Limited, Costain Limited and Strabag AG.The tipper truck fell approximately two metres and landed on the driver’s side. The man behind the wh