Construction worker death at Viridor insinerator site

Lakeside Energy from Waste Plant
From the Viridor website..Viridor Waste Management has joined forces with Grundon Waste Management Ltd and set up a joint venture company, Lakeside Energy From Waste Limited, to build and operate an energy from waste plant at Colnbrook near Slough...
The plant will have a capacity of 400,000 tonnes per annum. Investment is projected to be £160m in the period to 2008. The facility will assist local councils in meeting their landfill diversion targets and avoiding penalties under the Landfill Allowance Trading Scheme (LATS). It will also provide power generation capacity of 32 megawatts of electricity which will be fed into the national grid. The plant will be built at Grundon's strategically located site at Colnbrook near Slough which has relevant permissions and permits in place. The plant is scheduled to be commissioned mid-2008

I noticed that the story of Construction worker death probe was at a waste incinerator site being built by Viridor

Police are investigating the death of a 37-year-old worker from Scotland who was killed on a Berkshire waste incinerator construction site.

Lakeside Energy from Waste Limited said Colin Dickson died after an accident on its Colnbrook site near Slough on Wednesday. Tom Kelly, of the GMB union, said he was crushed by a falling piece of steel which weighed 2.5 tonnes. The site, which has been closed since Wednesday, will reopen on Friday.

'Condolences to family'

But the area where the accident happened will remain cordoned off until the Health and Safety Executive completes its investigation.

The company told the BBC that the only accident since work started in 2006 was a man who sprained his ankle.

"Lakeside Energy from Waste Limited is deeply distressed by this event and extends its sincere condolences to the man's family," the company said.Mr Dickson worked as a crane installer with Kone Cranes, which is subcontracted by Takuma - the main contractor responsible for constructing the plant.

Lakeside Energy from Waste plant is a joint venture between Viridor Waste Management and Grundon Waste Management Limited.

Story from BBC NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/england/berkshire/6971097.stm

Published: 2007/08/30 17:21:47 GMT

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Colnbrook Incinerator Campaign

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The story up to Dec 04

For more information and background see monster incinerator.

Grundon has been lobbying councillors from West London boroughs to sign lucrative long-term contracts to burn waste. This would undermine attempts to increase the amount of recycling and to reduce the amount of waste produced in the first place. Grundon and the Environment Agency are denying there is any significant health risk from incinerators, despite evidence to the contrary.