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All six of the workplace-related fatalities in Tayside and Fife in 2018-19 are being probed by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE).

Most have been subject to fatal accident inquiries which have – so far at least – not led to any criminal proceedings.

Investigations are ongoing into the death of 29-year-old Gary Campbell, who died at Forfar’s Orchardbank Business Park on March 15 after an accident involving an oil tanker.

The HSE have specified the cause of death in the latter as the deceased being “trapped by something collapsing”, although it remains to be seen if any potential prosecution is forthcoming.

A report was submitted by Police Scotland to the procurator fiscal.

Elsewhere in Angus, Andrew Rose, 41, died after a fall from height while working in Brechin on June 8 2018.

In Perthshire, self-employed painter Martin Buchan, 37, died after his 10-metre metal ladder touched 11,000 volt overhead power lines at East Leys Lodge in Errol on April 2 2018, while 54-year-old Graham Shaw died after a forklift accident on a farm near Coupar Angus on April 29 2018.

In Fife, self-employed Alexander Wood, 65, died after being pulled from the water at Burntisland harbour on August 4 2018, having been struck by an object while working in the Forth.

The HSE are similarly involved in the probe surrounding the death of 98-year-old Elizabeth Williamson at a care home in Cupar in March this year.