{"id":126564,"date":"2023-05-16T11:57:26","date_gmt":"2023-05-16T10:57:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=126564"},"modified":"2023-05-16T11:57:26","modified_gmt":"2023-05-16T10:57:26","slug":"directors-jailed-companies-fined-1-6m-wall-collapse-kills-five-workers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/health-safety-news\/directors-jailed-companies-fined-1-6m-wall-collapse-kills-five-workers\/126564\/","title":{"rendered":"Directors jailed, and companies fined \u00a31.6m after wall collapse kills five workers"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The directors of two companies have been jailed after a wall collapse led to the death of five workers. Both firms have been ordered to pay \u00a31.6 million in fines<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Wayne Anthony Hawkeswood and Graham John Woodhouse ran a metal recycling company in Birmingham, where a wall collapsed over and killed five workers.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The two men were charged on multiple counts after a five-week trial at Birmingham Crown Court in November 2022. On Monday, 15 May 2023, they both received nine-month custodial sentences.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Ousmane Kaba Diaby, Saibo Sumbundu Sillah, Bangally Tunkara Dukuray, Almamo Kinteh Jammeh, and Mahamadou Jagana Jagana died after a 45-tonne wall collapsed upon them.\u202f The men were agency workers employed at the Nechells site in Birmingham. The site was managed by Nechells site in Birmingham.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>The wall had been taken apart and reassembled<\/h3>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The wall was 12 feet high and constructed on-site using 30 concrete blocks. Each block was a similar size to a household fridge-freezer and weighed the same as a large family car. In July 2016, eight agency workers, including the five men, were assigned to the site. At 8 am, they were asked to clear a bay area filled with metal filings to create space for additional scrap metal.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">A Health and Safety Executive (HSE) investigation found the wall had previously been taken down and then reassembled. The adjoining bay contained 263 tonnes of scrap metal briquettes. The combined weight of the machine-pressed metal briquettes was the equivalent of six fully loaded HGVs.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Both Directors were guilty of four charges. Hawkeswood Metal Recycling Limited and Ensco 10101 Limited were also found guilty of the two identical counts bringing the total number of convictions to 12 <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">by virtue of section 2(1) and 3(1) of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hse.gov.uk\/legislation\/hswa.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Health and Safety at Work Act 1974<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Fundamentally unsafe conditions led to the wall collapse<\/h3>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Hawkeswood Metal Recycling was fined \u00a31m for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/health-safety-news\/nine-elms-wall-collapse\/86868\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wall collapse<\/a>. Ensco 10101 Limited were fined \u00a3600,000. The judge ruled that prosecution costs amounting to \u00a3775,000 should be paid.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cI hope the families and friends of the men who died find some comfort in today\u2019s sentencing,\u201d commented HSE principal inspector Amy Kalay.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cThe investigation into this incident was long and complex. Five men lost their lives in the most appalling of circumstances. Their deaths should not have happened. They went to work to earn a wage; that cost them their lives,\u201d she continued.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cThese five men were placed into a working environment that was fundamentally unsafe. The failings of the companies and individuals brought to justice today were responsible for this tragedy,\u201d she concluded.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The families of the workers, who hailed from Gambia and Senegal, strongly condemned the negligence of Shredmet and Hawkeswood Metal Recycling, labelling their failures as &#8220;outrageous and unforgivable\u201d.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"mk-custom-module-container\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Directors of two companies jailed after a wall collapse killed five workers. 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