Man's death at waste site was accident - jury

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 heard.

After 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 hit.

Mr 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 Biffa.

In 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 manner.

They went on to say his death had had "an adverse effect on [his wife] Joyce."

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