Aram Resources fined £100k over quarry death

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Cornwall-based Aram Resources will have to pay out more than £100,000 in fines and costs after a worker was killed at the Carnsew Quarry in 2004.

Robert Bickley, 42, died after he became caught in the fixed guard of a primary crusher machine – a machine used to break up large quarried rocks into smaller pieces – as it came into contact with the moving flywheel.

Health and Safety Executive inspector Simon Edwards said: "The company lacked the competence to identify that the guards provided for the machinery did not comply with health and safety standards."

It was fined £40,000 and £35,000 for two separate safety breaches, and ordered to pay costs of £30,000.

The company had pleaded guilty to both charges.