£3m fine after cherry picker demolition death

A recycling company has been fined £3m after a man died and another was seriously injured while decommissioning a North Sea gas rig.
Stephen Picken, 62, and Mark Kumar were working for Veolia ES (UK) Limited at an onshore facility in Great Yarmouth.
Both men were working as demolition operatives also known as “Top Men”, undertaking the decommissioning and dismantlement of offshore structures.On 17 October 2019, the two workers were removing an overhanging piece of metal pipewor