Death under a concrete slab

Contractors on the £15billion Crossrail project are facing huge fines after health and safety failings which resulted in the death of one worker and serious injuries to two others. Slovakian-born Rene Tkacik, 44, was killed when he was hit by a concrete slab as he worked in a tunnel at the Fisher Street site in Holborn on March 7, 2014. Terrence ‘Ian’ Hughes, 45, suffered a horrific broken leg when a reversing tipper truck pinned him to the wall of…