The agency appeared at Excessive Wycombe Magistrates Court docket on Wednesday morning for a prosecution instigated by the Workplace for Nuclear Regulation (ONR), the UK’s unbiased nuclear regulator.
The fees relate to an incident which occurred on the Aldermaston web site in West Berkshire on 6 July 2023 when Stuart Prepare dinner, 58, a building employee from East London, died after sustaining deadly accidents.
Balfour Beatty Group Restricted entered a not responsible plea to failing to discharge its responsibility to make sure the well being and security of its worker Stuart Prepare dinner, in relation to the dangers arising from building work, underneath the Well being and Security at Work and many others. Act 1974 Part 2(1).
The corporate additionally entered a not responsible plea to failing to discharge its responsibility to make sure that these not in its employment however whom could have been affected weren’t thereby uncovered to dangers to their well being and security, in relation to the dangers arising from building work, underneath the Well being and Security at Work and many others. Act 1974 Part 3(1).
The trial date has not but been scheduled. ONR will announce particulars of the date and site of the trial when obtainable.
The incident was a standard well being and security matter, and there was no radiological danger to the general public.
