A Reading-basically based entirely mostly contractor has been fined £30,000 after the dying of a transport driver.
Father of four Levi Alleyne, is idea as Elephantine, became electrocuted while delivering beaten concrete to a construction characteristic the build BBM Contracts became famous contractor.
He died after the crane arm of his lorry got here into contact with an overhead vitality line, which created an electrical cost.
The 41-year-mature later died from his injuries.
In response to an announcement from the Effectively being and Security Govt (HSE), BBC Contracts ordered the transport and selected the build that the beaten concrete would be delivered to.
This transport build became below an 11kv overhead powerline.
HSE inspectors talked about the firm became responsive to the powerlines nonetheless didn’t consume into consideration whether or now not there became an different methodology of working that averted them, nor did it set in characteristic demarcations or warnings.
An different transport route became former following the incident, which took characteristic on Swallowfield Avenue in Reading on 16 November 2020.
BBM Contracts Ltd, of Aldbourne Avenue, Earley, Reading, pleaded guilty to breaching Law 13(1) of the Construction (Manufacture and Management) Rules 2015.
It became fined £30,000 at Reading Magistrates’ Court.
After the listening to HSE famous inspector Georgina Symons talked about: “This tragic incident ended in the dying of a father of four. This dying can even need been refrained from if the contractor had precisely known and managed the dangers appealing.
“The hazards associated with overhead powerlines are eminent and a wealth of advice and steering is freely readily on the market from HSE and a range of organisations.”
