Recycling company fined after worker killed by loading shovel

A recycling company has been fined £2.15million after an agency worker was killed by a loading shovel at its site in Hartlepool.

Dean Atkinson lost his life when he was struck and run over by the vehicle at Ward Recycling Limited’s premises on Windermere Road, Longhill Industrial Estate in January 2020.

Health and Safety Executive (HSE) inspector Stephen Garner said Mr Atkinson’s death could have been prevented had Ward Recycling implemented an alternative traffic route for pedestrians at its site on Windermere Road.

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