Tyne Tees Steel

The town's pipe mill, which is part of Liberty Steel, had been under threat from a winding up order.

In October 2016 Keith Poppleton was working on a 25ft high overhead travelling crane. The dad-of-three fell through a hatch and landed on a pile of girders.

A series of 'red flags' in the running of Liberty Steel, which employs 250 at a pipe works in Hartlepool, have been highlighted in a report released today.