Waste company hit with £250k court bill over fatal accident
Entrance to waste recycling centre at Aycliffe Quarry, pictured in December 2015 after accident tragedy leading to death of workman on site A WASTE management and recycling company has been hit with a near £250,000 court bill, in fines and costs, following the death of an employee in a work-place tragedy. Simon Hogg, 47, from Hurworth, Darlington, and a 46-year-old colleague were clearing one of a growing number of blockages inside a trommel, a large cyclindrical drum, at the Stonegrave Aggregates’ site, at Aycliffe Quarry, Newton Aycliffe, on December 12, 2015. Durham Crown Court he...
Source: thenorthernecho.co.uk
