Компанию Green Steel & Cladding обвинили в корпоративном убийстве после смерти рабочего

Green Steel & Cladding Ltd is facing a corporate manslaughter charge over the death of a man in April 2021. A construction firm has appeared in court on a charge of corporate manslaughter following the death of a man in April 2021. Green Steel & Cladding Ltd appeared at Leicester Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday last week (9 September), alongside Paul Gaines, following the death of Paul Johnson, 45. Johnson was seriously injured at a premises in Wireless Hill, South Luffenham, Rutland, on 15 April 2021 while working on behalf of Green Steel & Cladding Ltd, Leicestershire Police said in a statement. He later died in hospital on 16 April 2021. Their cases have now been sent to Leicester Crown Court where a plea and case management hearing will be held on 12 October. In addition to corporate manslaughter, Green Steel & Cladding Ltd, formerly of Kirkgate, Whaplode, Spalding, Lincolnshire, is also charged with failing to discharge a duty contrary to sections 2(1) and 33(1)(a) of the Health and Safety at Work Act and with failing to discharge a duty contrary to sections 3(1) and 33(1)(a) of the Health and Safety at Work Act. The firm entered liquidation in July 2025, according to Companies House. Gaines, 58, of Middle Marsh Road, Spalding, Lincolnshire, is charged with gross negligence manslaughter in connection with Johnson’s death, the police said. He is also charged with being an officer of a body corporate which committed an offence contrary to section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work Act and with being an officer of a body corporate which committed an offence contrary to section 3(1) of the Health and Safety at Work Act. Gaines has been granted unconditional bail.