Man suffers horrific injuries on first day on site.
A company is due to be sentenced after one of its workers lost an eye and part of his scalp during a horrific accident.
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) brought charges against Bloom Plant Ltd after labourer James Wilson was severely injured on his first day working for the demolition firm at a site in Worksop.
Wilson lost his left eye and part of his scalp when he was hit by a falling excavator bucket on the former Seafield site, on Kilton Road, on 10th January 2011. He also broke his eye socket, cheekbone, jaw, nose, left collarbone, several ribs and his left leg, as well as suffering a punctured a lung severed nerves on his bottom lip.
The HSE said that a Volvo EC360 excavator was being operated by another worker to break up slabs of concrete and feed it into a crusher. But while operating it, the bucket came loose and fell onto Wilson, who was stood below.
A spokesman for the HSE said: “Mr Wilson was in a coma for two weeks and had to have a tracheotomy to help him breathe. He also needed extensive reconstructive surgery. He is still receiving medical treatment.”
Investigations carried out by the HSE following the accident found the company lacked training and supervision in the use of the excavator.
Bloom Plant Ltd, of Askham Road, East Markham, admitted failing to ensure the health and safety and welfare at work of all its employees at a hearing at Worksop Magistrates Court in October last year. Bloom Plant Ltd is due to be sentenced at a hearing at Nottingham Crown Court today (Thursday).
