Four construction workers and Higgins Homes have been charged by Metropolitan Police detectives over the death of a woman in Bethnal Green seven years ago.
Michaela Boor, 28, was struck by a pallet containing more than two tonnes of bricks that fell from a tower crane on a Higgins Homes building development in St Paul’s Way.
The incident occurred at about 9am on 27 March 2018, the Metropolitan Police said in a statement today (12 May).
The victim died in hospital the following day.
The Metropolitan Police said it brought the charges following a joint investigation with the Health and Safety Executive.
Higgins Homes plc was charged on 7 May with corporate manslaughter and offences under Section 3 of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974, the Metropolitan Police statement said.
It added that four men had also been charged by postal requisition with gross negligence manslaughter and offences under Section 7 of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974.
Alexander McInnes, 32, of Islington, north London, who the Metropolitan Police said was a crane operator on the day of Boor’s death, was charged on 8 May.
Dawood Maan, 59, of Ashford, Kent, a crane supervisor, was charged on 30 April.
Stephen Coulson, 68, of Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, who was responsible for compiling the lifting plan for the site, was also charged on 30 April, the Metropolitan Police added.
Thomas Anstis, 68, of Banstead, Surrey, who was the site manager and temporary works coordinator, was charged on 8 May.
All four men are due to appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on 16 June, the Metropolitan Police said.
“Specialist officers continue to support Michaela’s family,” it added.