A worker died inside a recycling compactor when it was accidentally turned on by a new colleague. Dale McCelland was killed at the H&A Recycling plant in Redruth, Cornwall in November 2017, a court heard.
The 23-year-old had got inside the machine after it got blocked and a colleague - who was new to the job - then inadvertently switched it on.
The plant's safety standards were branded by judge Mr Justice Garnham as "positively Victorian". The firm admitted corporate manslaughter and was fined £200,000.
Neither worker involved had received adequate training, the court was told. Plymouth Crown Court heard the victim would have died almost instantly.
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