£1.28m fine | Insufficient training given to Ginsters worker crushed to death by lorry, investigation concludes

Insufficient training given to Ginsters worker crushed to death by lorry, investigation concludes

An investigation into the death of a Ginsters employee in 2021 has revealed the pastry maker breached the Health and Safety at Work Act.

Ginsters’ parent company, Samworth Brothers, has been fined £1.28million as a result of the breach, after admitting it had not given the worker the necessary training to complete his work safely.

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