Safety recommendations at Wolverhampton yard made a month before an employee was injured had not been implemented, court told
Health and safety improvements were recommended at a Wolverhampton yard in the months before an employee was run over by a reversing wagon, a court has heard.
Jack Moody Landscaping and Civil Engineering is being prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive for allegedly failing to ensure the safety of an employee after Paul Martin was injured in September 2017.
The jury at the 10-day trial being held at Wolverhampton Crown Court's Telford annexe heard there were two health and safety assessments in August 2017, the recommendations of which had not been enforced before Mr Martin was run over by a wagon.
Mr Martin, who worked for the firm for 33 years, told the court there had been no health and safety training for drivers using the yard before he was run over in September 2017.
Both reports highlighted dangers to pedestrians at the Shareshill complex where more than 120 wagons a day would be weighed, delivering or dropping off materials.
The reports highlighted dangers to pedestrians and recommended reducing the speed limit, pedestrians to wear high visibility clothes, and walkways to be created.
