Yard where employee was run over by wagon near Wolverhampton had risk assessments 'all the time' before and after horror 2017 accident
An industrial yard near Wolverhampton where an employee was run over by a wagon had regular risk assessments and health and safety meetings before and after the accident, a court has been told.
The Health and Safety Executive is prosecuting Jack Moody Landscaping and Civil Engineering for allegedly failing to ensure the safety of an employee after Paul Martin was injured in September 2017.
The first week of the 10-day trial being held at Wolverhampton Crown Court's Telford annexe heard Mr Martin suffered a fractured skull, broken cheek, collarbone and ribs as well as nerve damage in his face when run over by a wagon in the company's Shareshill compound.
Mr Martin, who worked for the firm for 33 years, claimed he could not remember health and safety training sessions about regulations at the premises which houses nurseries, recycling, aggregates, an incinerator and weighbridge. More than 120 wagons would be using the site every day at the time of the accident.
This week the case for the defence is being presented to the jury. Former director Andrew Bakes took to the witness stand yesterday (Monday).
