The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is to bring a prosecution against two companies after five workers were fatally injured and another seriously injured at a recycling site in Birmingham in 2016.
Rescue services crew at the scene in 2016
The case relates to an incident which took place on 7 July 2016 at Hawkeswood Metal Recycling in Nechells.
Ousmane Kaba Diaby, Saibo Sumbundu Sillah, Bangally Tunkara Dukuray, Almamo Kinteh Jammeh and Mahamadou Jagana Jagana were all fatally crushed by a collapsing wall at the site on Aston Church Road.
Tombong Camara Conteh sustained serious injuries.
A joint investigation by HSE and West Midlands Police has taken place and has now been concluded.
Charges
The HSE today (1 December) said that Ensco 10101 Limited (previously known as Shredmet Ltd) of Riverside Works Trevor Street, Nechells, Birmingham will face charges under Sections 2(1) and 3(1) of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974.
Hawkeswood Metal Recycling Limited of Riverside Works Trevor Street, Nechells, Birmingham, will face charges under Sections 2(1) and 3(1) of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974.
“A prosecution has also been approved against two individuals,” the HSE added.
The first court hearing is yet to be confirmed.
Inquest
In November 2018 an inquest jury found that the workers were killed after the “foreseeable risk” of a wall collapse in the area they were working was not identified (see letsrecycle.com story).
The 11-strong panel found the risk was not identified before the accident and it “caused or contributed to” the deaths of the workers, who were all from Senegal and Gambia.
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