A worker died from horrific chest injuries after being crushed by a faulty cherry picker, an inquest was told.
Uldis Senkans, 30, was trapped for more than two hours between the cherry picker and the steel beams of a building he was working on at the CEW Recycling Group site on Merton Steet, St Helens, on November 8, 2019. He was found unresponsive at around 3.45pm by colleagues, who attempted to move the heavy machinery, which in turn refused to start. Ambulance and fire and rescue services attended, and Mr Senkans was pronounced dead at the scene at 6.11pm.
An inquest into his death today was told the cherry picker, which Mr Senkans had been operating, was found to have 15 serious defects, including three which could have caused or contributed to the fatal incident.
