Two companies have been fined a total of £1.3m following the death of a scaffolder who was just weeks away from his wedding day.
The court was told ****** from Scunthorpe was killed when he fell to his death after being struck by falling debris inside an industrial tower.
On 18 January 2012, a team from ************** were installing an access scaffold to enable the relining of the inside of a steel plated tapered cylindrical structure at the ******** Cement Works.
Warwick Crown Court heard the team was working inside the Cyclone 1 tower when concrete debris dropped on to ******* causing him to fall seven metres to the bottom of the structure causing fatal head injuries.
His colleague was also seriously injured, suffering serious wrist and arm fractures and has been unable to work since the incident.
Inspectors from the HSE told the court that both ******* and ************* Scaffolding should have co-ordinated and planned this high risk work to a higher standard.
********** UK Operations Limited, pleaded guilty to breaching Section 3 of the Health and Safety at Work Act and was fined £700,000 and was ordered to pay £90,783.78 in costs.
***************** pleaded guilty to breaching Section 2 of the Health and Safety at Work Act and was fined £600,000 was ordered to pay £90,783.78 in costs.
