A cement company has been fined £1m after one of its workers was killed when he was crushed by machinery in a cement bagging plant.
Martin Bennett, 35, was crushed to death by a 1.6-tonne concrete weight, used to raise pallets full of 25kg bags of cement. He was working for Dragon Alfa Cement at its Gloucestershire facility when the incident took place on 4 August 2021.
An investigation by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) found that a large section of the equipment’s perimeter fencing had routinely been removed over a prolonged period. This allowed full access into the dangerous parts of the machinery, including moving parts that presented a risk of serious injury or death.
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