"Utterly Reckless" Employer Jailed for Worker's Death: Safety Guarding Removed

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An employer has been jailed for a year for manslaughter after one of his workers was crushed to death. Father-of-three Shaun Cooper, 27, was found dead in a poultry shed after becoming trapped in equipment. Peter Pell pleaded guilty to manslaughter after it was found he removed all the safety features on the machine.

Mr Cooper was the second employee working for Mr Pell's poultry shed cleaning company to die in less than six years. A judge at Nottingham Crown Court heard the 62-year-old boug... (122 more words)

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