Sole trader John Mould was fined £40,000 at Reading magistrates court recently, with costs of £17,060 for breaching the Health and Safety at Work Act, after employee of 20 years Brian Gutteridge, was killed in 2010.

Gutteridge 67, died when he crossed in front of a tipper truck which started moving off after it had stopped temporarily so the driver could talk to another employee. The premises had no traffic management arrangements such as speed restrictions, marked crossings, or compulsory use of high visibility clothing, even though an independent health and safety consultant had advised the haulier about pedestrian-vehicle interactions at another site in Reading.