EMR fined over worker’s death
WARRINGTON-based recycling firm European Metal Recycling has been fined £150,000 for safety failings after a worker was killed when part of a 33-tonne metal barge he was dismantling collapsed on top of him.
William Ward, 56, from Handsworth, Sheffield, was crushed in the incident at EMR's Kingsbury depot in Warwickshire on October 12, 2011.
The recycling giant, which operates across Europe, Asia and the Americas, was sentenced on December 19 after an investigation by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) iden... You can carry on reading TheBusinessDesk.com for free, but you have reached the maximum number of pages an unregistered user can view. To register for an account, click here or login below...
