Cornish waste company fined £200,000 for manslaughter
A Cornish commercial waste company has been fined £200,000 for corporate manslaughter after the death of an employee at its Redruth plant in 2017, Devon and Cornwall Police have said.
Dale McClelland, 23, became trapped within a baling machine he was operating for H&A Recycling Ltd at the Cardrew Industrial Estate in Redruth on 16 November 2017 . He died at the scene.
Charges were brought against H&A Recycling following a three-year investigation into Mr McClelland’s death by Devon and Cornwall Police and the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and extensive liaison with the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS).
