A Kent-based waste and recycling company has been fined more than £100,000 after an employee died when wasted material collapsed on top of him.
Sevenoaks Magistrates’ Court heard how Neville Watson, 39, was working close to the pile of waste material after connecting a shredder to the loading shovel he was driving. He died of asphyxiation whilst under the pile of waste that appeared to be over 8m high.
An investigation by the Health and Safety Executive into the incident, which occurred on 9 August 2014, found that New Earth Solutions Group failed to undertake and prepare risk assessments or safe systems of work, or provide adequate training, for the creation and management of the stockpiles.
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