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118,000GBP penalty after worker dies beneath collapsed pile of waste (9 November 2016)
Date: 09/11/2016
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has prosecuted a Kent-based waste and recycling company, after an employee died when waste material collapsed on top of him.
On 9 August 2014, Neville Watson, 39 – a father of two – was working close to the pile of waste material, after connecting a shredder to the loading shovel he was driving.
He died of asphyxiation under the pile of waste that appeared to be more than 8m high.
An investigation by the Health and Safety Executive into the incident found that New Earth Solutions Group Limited had failed to undertake and prepare risk assessments or safe systems of work for the creation and management of the stockpiles, or adequate training.
At Maidstone Crown Court, New Earth Solutions Group Limited – of Black Moor Road, Verwood in Dorset – pleaded guilty to breaching Section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974.
The company was fined £80,000 and ordered to pay costs of £38,373.92.
The judge indicated that, if the company had not been in administration, the fine would have been between £600,000 and £1.3million.
After the hearing, HSE inspector Guy Widdowson said:
“The request for Mr Watson to carry out the shredding operation was made without any form of structured training being in place.
“The company failed to ensure that Mr Watson was supervised by an employee trained in the task he was carrying out, particularly in light of the fact that he had never carried out the task before.”
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