Staff Sergeant John McKelvie died in an accident involving a Jackal vehicle on January 29, 2019.
The Ministry of Defence failed to meet health and safety laws which resulted in the death of a staff sergeant from Ayr during a training exercise, it has emerged. On Thursday the Health and Safety Executive issued the MoD with a Crown Censure following the death of a Staff Sergeant John McKelvie in Yorkshire.
Staff Sergeant McKelvie remained in the vehicle suffering serious injuries as it rolled. Despite being airlifted to hospital, he died six days later. There were other steps that should have been taken to control the dangers with driving the vehicles, however these were not undertaken. It also found a failure in oversight, meaning the course programme devised progressed too quickly and prevented trainees from developing the necessary expertise and skills before attempting more challenging obstacles on the off-road element of the course.
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