The former director of an aggregates firm has been fined £4,000 over the death of a lorry driver in east London in 2001. John Peter Wootten, formerly trading as AEP Aggregates, was hit with the fine and £750 in costs at the Old Bailey after pleading guilty to two breaches of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations.
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DIRECTOR Fined £4,000 For Work Death
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DIRECTOR Fined £4,000 For Work Death
"Today’s workplace has become heartless and soulless. Employees are seen as units of labour, automatons, functionaries, objects for achieving designated tasks, and as costs to be minimised."
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Re: DIRECTOR Fined £4,000 For Work Death
If I remember rightly the aggregates wagon drivers were paid by the amount of wagon loads in that industry - somebody might be able to confirm that ? - that might have a lot to do with it ?brothermagrew wrote:The former director of an aggregates firm has been fined £4,000 over the death of a lorry driver in east London in 2001. John Peter Wootten, formerly trading as AEP Aggregates, was hit with the fine and £750 in costs at the Old Bailey after pleading guilty to two breaches of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations.
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oh good god.. what a horrible situation.
and here comes avi cohen! oh i say! at the same end, he's got one back!!