Waste and Recycling Company Fined £400,000 After Employee Struck by Vehicle

Recycling company fined £400,000 after woman, 22, crushed by shredder

An Essex recycling company has been fined £400,000 after a woman was crushed by a mobile shredder.Clearaway Recycling Limited was sentenced after a 22-year-old site operative was crushed by the moving vehicle while accessing the tipping yard in October 2023.The woman suffered life-threatening injuries when she was trapped between a gate post and the shredder itself. As a result of the incident, she has suffered life changing injuries. TRENDING …

Waste and recycling company fined £400,000 after employee struck by vehicle

The woman was crushed between the mobile shredder machine and a gate post. A waste and recycling company has been fined £400,000 after an employee was seriously injured after being struck by a moving vehicle at its site in Basildon. The 22-year-old site operative suffered life-threatening injuries when she was struck by a mobile shredder while accessing the tipping yard in 2023. She became trapped between a gate post and the shredder and has suf…