Waste firm fined £1,020,000

A Northamptonshire environmental management services company has been fined £1,020,000 and ordered to pay costs of £60,476. after a worker was fatally injured by a reversing vehicle. An investigation by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) into the incident found that a suitable and sufficient risk assessment had not been carried out for the collection route and there was a failure to adequately supervise the waste and recycling round.