McLaren Services, a division of the McLaren Formula 1 team, has been fined £650,000 after being found guilty of two health and safety charges resulting in the death of senior engineer David Oldham. Inspecting the Formula 1 team’s motorhome in October 2016, the mobile building that’s taken to grand prix weekends, he fell from height. Found on the floor of the warehouse, the 55-year-old was taken to the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford where he passed away the following day. During a trial at Reading Crown Court, the jury heard that Oldham had been working on a level with exposed edges while inspecting the motorhome’s ceiling, something he’d already done five times prior. The court learnt that while people had been advised to stay two metres from the edge, that was not in the official written document. McLaren were found guilty of two health and safety violations, the company’s McLaren Services’ division handed a £650,000 fine. Sentencing Judge Amjad Khan said as per the … [Read more...] about McLaren fined £650,000 over the death of a senior engineer in 2016
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Funerals begin in Nashville school shooting, as 9-year-old is mourned
This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate 8 NASHVILLE - "I'm sorry for what you had to go through this week," Senior Minister Clay Stauffer told the Covenant School's students. "It's not fair." The children had gathered, along with hundreds of others, at Woodmont Christian Church in Nashville to honor Evelyn Marie Dieckhaus. Evelyn, 9, died Monday morning when a shooter opened fire at her private elementary school. Five other people were also killed, including a custodian, a substitute teacher and the school principal. Friday's funeral was standing room only as the community came out to mourn. Metropolitan Nashville Police Department officers sat together in one pew; ushers asked people to give up their seats for Covenant School students. Stauffer wore a pink jacket, a tribute to Evelyn's love of color. Before the service, girls in white cotton dresses with pink waist ribbons handed out … [Read more...] about Funerals begin in Nashville school shooting, as 9-year-old is mourned
Mourners gather for 1st Nashville school shooting funeral
This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate 15 NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Family and friends of Evelyn Dieckhaus, one of three children who were killed in a school shooting in Nashville this week, remembered her Friday as a “shining light” and said farewell to a girl who loved art, music, animals and snuggling with her older sister on the couch. The funeral at the Woodmont Christian Church in Nashville’s Green Hills neighborhood was closed to the media. Before the service, the church's senior minister, the Rev. Clay Stauffer, echoed what Evelyn's family has shared about her. “She was a shining light. She was radiant,” Stauffer told The Associated Press. “I think our challenge is to take her light and keep spreading it to a world that has so much darkness and pain.” Evelyn's was the first funeral held for the victims of Monday's mass shooting at The Covenant … [Read more...] about Mourners gather for 1st Nashville school shooting funeral
UH announces creation of mental health task force after multiple student suicides
The University of Houston has announced its plan for responding to the two suicides that occurred at the same campus building in the past two months. The announcement comes after hundreds of UH students gathered on the lawn in front of M.D. Anderson Library last week in a protest aimed at pushing university administration to take action. Students received a letter from UH Chancellor Renu Khator Wednesday night outlining several changes to UH's mental healthcare services, according to Houston Public Media's Patricia Ortiz. UH plans to establish two new task forces, one to bolster mental health resources for students and a second to create both short-term and long-term plans for Agnes Arnold Hall, the building where both suicides occurred, according to reporting from HPM's Ortiz. Khator's letter stated that students will continue to play a key role in shaping UH's evolving response to the recent tragedies. "While we can do certain things in the short term, the long-term … [Read more...] about UH announces creation of mental health task force after multiple student suicides