US$3.8 million fine for tragic death of “much loved” demolition worker

Leila Steed Editor, Demolition & Recycling International

23 July 2024

Reports have emerged that decommissioning and waste management company Veolia Environmental Services Ltd has been fined £3 million (US$3.87 million) by a court in the United Kingdom, for health and safety violations that led to the death of a demolition worker in 2019.

According to local media outlets in the East Anglia region of the country, Ipswich Crown Court yesterday (Monday 22 July) issued the multi-million-pound fine to Veolia at a sentencing hearing.

The East Anglian Daily Times reported that Veolia had previously admitted health and safety failings that contributed to the death…

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