Corporate Manslaughter – case involving an apprentice

A 16-year-old boy died after suffering head injuries after he became trapped in a lathe at a Greater Manchester factory. The 16 year old apprentice (Cameron Minshull) died after the incident at a factory in Huntley Mount Road in Bury in 2013. He started with the Company on 03 December 2012 and the incident that led to the fatal injury occurred on 08 January 2013.

Following investigation, the Company Director and a supervisor are due before Bury Magistrates’ Court on 4 November. The pair have both been summonsed for manslaughter by gross negligence. Their company, Huntley Mount Engineering Ltd, has also been summonsed to court for corporate manslaughter and for failing to ensure the health, safety and welfare of employees. Further to this, Lime People Training Solutions Ltd, which places apprentices with employers, has been summonsed for failing to ensure the health and safety of a person other than an employee. A joint Greater Manchester Police and Health and Safety Executive investigation is under way.

Corporate Manslaughter – case involving an apprentice to go to court on 04 November 2014