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26/02/2013
Two Firms Fined After Driver Is Killed In Roadworks
Two companies have been ordered to pay a total of £650,000 in fines and costs after a member of the public was killed in a collision in roadworks on the A50 near Uttoxeter.
William Collins, 49, of Weston Coyney, Stoke-on-Trent, was driving along the westbound carriageway at around 4am on 25 November 2007 when he failed to negotiate a bend at a road closure and collided with a stationary flatbed lorry owned by Enterprise (AOL) Ltd.
The father of two died at the scene from multiple injuries.
The A50 was closed at the junction with the A522 while works were carried out to overhead power lines and the central reservation barrier. Enterprise (AOL) Ltd was responsible for the traffic management associated with the works, which were being managed by Balfour Beatty Infrastructure Services Ltd.
An investigation by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) found that the traffic management was unsuitable as it was not clear that the road ahead was closed, and that drivers had to exit the A50 at the junction with the A522.
The investigation also identified that Enterprise (AOL) Ltd failed to carry out a suitable and sufficient risk assessment, and that Balfour Beatty failed to properly assess the risk assessment or that the system being proposed was adequate. In addition, Balfour Beatty also failed to adequately monitor the work of its sub-contractors.
The A50 had been reduced to one lane prior to the works and vehicles were then diverted off the main carriageway and onto the A522, which involved a sharp left hand bend. However, the speed limit had not been reduced so vehicles were still able to travel at up to 70mph.
Balfour Beatty Infrastructure Services Ltd, of Ashwood Way, Basingstoke, Hampshire, was today (22 February) fined £225,000 and ordered to pay £100,000 in costs at Liverpool Crown Court after being found guilty of breaching Section 3(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 following a two week trial at Stafford Crown Court in October 2012.
Enterprise (AOL) Ltd, of Centurion Way, Leyland, Lancashire, was also found guilty of the same offence, as well as breaching Regulation 3(1)(b) of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 for failing to carry out a suitable and sufficient risk assessment. It was fined £225,000 and ordered to pay costs of £100,000.
(CD/GK)
William Collins, 49, of Weston Coyney, Stoke-on-Trent, was driving along the westbound carriageway at around 4am on 25 November 2007 when he failed to negotiate a bend at a road closure and collided with a stationary flatbed lorry owned by Enterprise (AOL) Ltd.
The father of two died at the scene from multiple injuries.
The A50 was closed at the junction with the A522 while works were carried out to overhead power lines and the central reservation barrier. Enterprise (AOL) Ltd was responsible for the traffic management associated with the works, which were being managed by Balfour Beatty Infrastructure Services Ltd.
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An investigation by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) found that the traffic management was unsuitable as it was not clear that the road ahead was closed, and that drivers had to exit the A50 at the junction with the A522.
The investigation also identified that Enterprise (AOL) Ltd failed to carry out a suitable and sufficient risk assessment, and that Balfour Beatty failed to properly assess the risk assessment or that the system being proposed was adequate. In addition, Balfour Beatty also failed to adequately monitor the work of its sub-contractors.
The A50 had been reduced to one lane prior to the works and vehicles were then diverted off the main carriageway and onto the A522, which involved a sharp left hand bend. However, the speed limit had not been reduced so vehicles were still able to travel at up to 70mph.
Balfour Beatty Infrastructure Services Ltd, of Ashwood Way, Basingstoke, Hampshire, was today (22 February) fined £225,000 and ordered to pay £100,000 in costs at Liverpool Crown Court after being found guilty of breaching Section 3(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 following a two week trial at Stafford Crown Court in October 2012.
Enterprise (AOL) Ltd, of Centurion Way, Leyland, Lancashire, was also found guilty of the same offence, as well as breaching Regulation 3(1)(b) of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 for failing to carry out a suitable and sufficient risk assessment. It was fined £225,000 and ordered to pay costs of £100,000.
(CD/GK)
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