The worker was struck and killed by a loading shovel while walking across a traffic area on site. HSE's investigation into the incident found that the recycling company: - failed to protect pedestrians from the mobile plant operations it was carrying out at the site
- had no suitable traffic management arrangements in place, so pedestrians were at risk of being struck by moving vehicles, including loading shovels
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