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BBC News
2 days ago
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Man's death at Bradford Biffa waste site was accident
A jury has ruled that a man who died after being hit by a reversing truck at a waste management site was killed by accident. James Tabiri died on 10 August 2023 at the Biffa site on Peace Street in Bradford, the city's coroner's court a three-day inquest that finished on 9 July, a jury found that 57-year-old Mr Tabiri died as a result of an accident.A record of inquest states: "James at the time had earbuds in and was concentrating on a clocking card in his hand. As this was happening, the driver of the Biffa wagon started to reverse after completing his checks. James was not visible to the driver when he was hit by the vehicle." The court heard that Mr Tabiri, who was employed by contractor Smart Solutions Recruitment, had left the site canteen and walked through the site wearing an orange hi-vis jacket before he was Tabiri had moved to Bradford from his home country of Ghana to live with his wife Joyce's family. However, he struggled to find permanent work and ended up working at a statement his family said they had found out about his death via social media, saying that it was "harrowing" to discover the tragedy in such a went on to say his death had had "an adverse effect on [his wife] Joyce." Listen to highlights from West Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North.
BBC News
6 days ago
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Man killed at Biffa Bradford site by reversing lorry
A man died after being hit a reversing lorry at a Biffa waste management site in Bradford, an inquest jury has been told. James Tabiri, 57, was struck by the vehicle at the company's site in Peace Street on 10 August inquest into Mr Tabiri's death started earlier at at Bradford Coroner's the events on Assistant coroner Ian Pears told jurors: "James was working at the site of Biffa and he came into contact with a as a result of that impact, died." The inquest was told Mr Tabiri was born in Ghana but had moved to Bradford to live with his wife's family in the years before the a statement his family said they had found out about his death via social media, saying that it was "harrowing" to discover the tragedy in such a went on to say his death had had "an adverse affect on [his wife] Joyce,"During the hearing jurors were shown CCTV images of the incident from cameras on the worksite as well as taken from the footage showed Mr Tabiri - who was employed by contactor Smart Solutions Recruitment - wearing an orange hi-vis jacket as he walked across the was seen to be reading a logbook before he was hit by the evidence, operations excellence director at Biffa, Barry Crews said there was a sensor on the back of the lorry, but said they are generally used for identifying large containers rather than pedestrians. "It is to allow the driver to know when he is close to the container," Mr Crews said, adding that the camera helps the driver to line up the container and then attach it to the inquest continues. Listen to highlights from West Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North.
