Workplace Report September 2015

Health & safety - HSE Monitor

Corporate manslaughter 


Executives from construction firm Linley Developments have pleaded guilty to the corporate manslaughter of Gareth Jones who was killed in January 2013 when a wall collapsed on him on a site in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire.


Contractor Trevor Hyatt and project manager Alfred Barker also admitted contravening health and safety regulations. Sentencing is due to take place later this month.


www.hertsad.co.uk/news/court-watch/bricklayer_s_death_on_st_albans_development_was_corporate_manslaughter_1_4245309