A company director has been found guilty of gross negligence manslaughter after an employee bled to death in a baling machine accident at a recycling plant. Norman Butler had worked at Stephen Jones' Recycle Cymru site for less than a month before his death on November 30, 2017.
Mold Crown Court heard how Mr Butler had been working alone in the plant on the Tir Llwyd Industrial Estate in Kinmel Bay, Conwy, when he scaled a conveyor belt to dislodge a blockage in one of the machines. The 60-year-old, who was shown on CCTV footage walking up the conveyor belt, then either slipped or tripped and became trapped inside the machine.
The dad of three was found hours later by a colleague having died from blood loss after severing his ankle. Prosecutor Craig Hassall QC had told the trial how "he would have been trapped with no-one to rescue him", NorthWalesLive reports.
