The dad-of-three was later found trapped between the machine and a concrete wall.
Core Cut Limited employee Derek McLean was crushed after attempting to manoeuvre a 3.5 tonne BROKK machine up a set of stairs in Glasgow's St Enoch.
The dad-of-three was later found trapped between the machine and a concrete wall to the left of the stairwell.A timber board - used for tracking machinery upstairs - was found resting against a wall while another was underneath the left track of the equipment. Sheriff John McCormick said: "It is accepted that death did not occur as a consequence of the breach.Sign up to Glasgow Live's newsletter Get all the latest Glasgow news and headlines sent straight to your inbox twice a day by signing up to our free newsletter.The morning newsletter arrives every day before 9am and the evening newsletter, manually curated by the team, is sent between 4pm and 5pm, giving you a round up of the most important stories we've covered that day.
The hearing was told that the "leading specialist" sawing and demolition company had no previous convictions and employs 42 members of staff.
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