NHS Trust cleared of safety breach following worker death

An NHS trust has been cleared of breaching health and safety rules over the death of its laundry production manager, who was crushed by a machine.

In December 2005 Bayunga Meya, 47, crawled underneath a machine to correct a fault, but a colleague restarted it unaware Meya was there. The father of three from Ilford, Essex, was then struck by a heavy metal basket and suffered serious chest injuries, London's Southwark Crown Court was told.

Although he was quickly pulled out by co-workers and ... (120 more words)

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