An international cleaning company has been ordered to pay £217,000 in fines and costs following the death of a porter at a hospital in Bolton.ISS Mediclean Ltd provides porters and cleaning services for more than 80 NHS Trusts across the UK, including the Royal Bolton Hospital. Manchester Crown Court heard that on 8 October 2006, porter Peter Bonomy was collecting cardboard to be compacted. He was found dead by one of his colleagues, with his head and neck under the lid of an industrial waste compactor, which was used to crush general waste.There were no witnesses to the incident, but it is thought the 58-year-old had found some general waste while he was collecting the cardboard, and placed it inside the compactor. When he leant over the side of the compactor it's likely he knocked an reshaped lever that operates the lid, causing it to come down on him, breaking his neck.
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