UK: Dragon Alfa Cement, a subsidiary of Cementos Portland Valderrivas that imports cement into the UK, has been fined €1.1m after one of its workers died after being crushed by equipment at the company’s bagging plant in Gloucestershire. Martin Bennett, 35, was crushed by a 1.6t concrete weight, used to raise pallets containing 25kg bags of cement. The fatal incident took place on 4 August 2021. An investigation by the Health and Safety Executive found that a large section of the equipment’s perimeter fencing had been removed routinely over a prolonged period, allowing full access to dangerous, moving parts of the machinery. Dragon Alfa Cement was fined and ordered to pay an additional €11,275 in costs at court in Bristol on 21 July 2026.
Dragon Alfa Cement fined €1m after worker death
