Leeds concrete manufacturing company admits health and safety breaches over tragic death of worker who died after becoming trapped between machines

A concrete manufacturing company has pleaded guilty to health and safety breaches after a worker was killed at its factory in Leeds.

Matthew Fulleylove, 30, died after suffering serious head injuries during the incident while working at the Treanor Pujol manufacturing plant in Stourton.

Mr Fulleylove, from Killingbeck, suffered fatal head injuries when he became trapped between two machines while working at the factory on Pontefract Road on June 5, 2014.

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At a hearing at Leeds Crown Court, the company pleaded guilty to a count of failing to ensure the health and safety of employees whilst at work and one of failing to comply with Regulation 6(C) of the Electricity at Work regulations 1989.

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A guilty plea to an offence of failing to comply with Regulation 11(1) of the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 was entered at a hearing in January.

Sentencing will take place on July 29.

An inquest jury ruled in 2018 that Mr Fulleylove suffered the fatal injury while working on a machine he had not been formally trained to use.

A jury returned a narrative verdict after a four-day inquest at Wakefield Coroner’s Court.

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The inquest heard Mr Fulleylove was in a recess area before he became trapped between a Prensoland saw and a bed cleaning machine as they passed on tracks.

Workers managed to free him and a colleague tried to revive him but Mr Fulleylove was pronounced dead at 12.01pm that day.

The jury foreman said Mr Fulleylove was recruited as a fork lift truck driver at Treanor Pujol in 2013.

He suffered an injury in October 2013 and was moved to a new role.

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The inquest was told Mr Fulleylove had between six to 12 months experience of working on the Prensoland saw before the accident.

The foreman said: “There was no formal training documentation identified for the Prensoland saw prior to the accident.

“The company’s unwritten training policy was for an experienced charge hand/saw operative to informally train new staff.

“The training was based on the charge hand’s judgement with no formal competencies documented.

“The company did not identify a need for formal training when the machines passed as they did not identify this as a risk.”