A Preston-based building firm has been fined £130,000 over
the death of a worker outside a cinema in Ashton-on-Ribble.
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) prosecuted EMC
Contracts Ltd after father-of-one Carl Green was struck by a reversing van in a
paved area outside the entrance to the Odeon Cinema on 27 July 2010.
The 45-year-old painter from Chorley had been working on a
project to fit out a new coffee shop in the cinema when the incident happened.
He died from his injuries on the way to hospital
During an eight-day-trial, Preston Crown Court was told EMC
Contracts had been hired for a five-week project to fit a coffee shop in the
foyer area of the cinema, on Port Way in Ashton-on-Ribble.
One of EMC’s employees had unloaded his van of construction
materials and was reversing it to park up outside the cinema when it struck Mr
Green, who was crossing behind it.
An HSE investigation found the company did not have any
control measures in place to keep vehicles involved in the construction work
away from pedestrians outside the cinema. As a result, both workers and members
of the public had been put in danger.
The company had written a method statement for the work,
which identified the risk of pedestrians being injured by vehicles as a main
hazard. However, they failed to state what measures should be taken to reduce
or eliminate the risk.
The company, of Faraday Court in Fulwood, was fined £130,000
and ordered to pay £52,790 in prosecution costs on 5 March 2014.
Speaking after the hearing, HSE Inspector Susan Ritchie
said:
“Carl Green tragically lost his life because the company
that employed him didn’t fulfil its responsibilities to ensure his health and
safety.
NEBOSH
Certificate in Construction Health & Safety – NEBOSH
National General Certificate in Occupational Health & Safety
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