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Axles secured by tarpaulin

2nd January 1976, Page 14
2nd January 1976
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Page 14, 2nd January 1976 — Axles secured by tarpaulin
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EPWORTH, Lines, magistrates have fined Consolidated Land Services (Immingham) Ltd £25 with £15.53 costs for operating a vehicle with an insecure load — railway axles secured by a tarpaulin — after it had come off a vehicle following a collision. Evidence was given that the vehicle was loaded by the British Steel Corporation.

Mr :John Helloway, general manager of Consolidated, said the company had carried 150 similar loads, all of which had been loaded in a similar manner by BSC. There had been no problems in the past and he would not have expected any complaints from the drivers about the method of loading. There had been no problems with the load in question until the driver ran into another vehicle,