Firm fined after tipper driver fatality

摘要

CONTRACTING firm Sirius Remediation Ltd have been fined £45,000 after a driver died when his tipper truck overturned. Sheffield Crown Court heard how, on 17 September 2013, the driver was fatally injured when his wagon rolled over while he was tipping spoil on to a stockpile. Sirius Remediation were managing works that involved raising the ground levels on site by re-using spoil from other sites, instead of sending it to landfill. The driver, who reversed up the slope of the stockpile and raised his tipper body, suffered fatal trauma injuries to his chest when the truck toppled sideways.