First Corperate Manslaughter Charge

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has authorised its first charge of corporate manslaughter against a geological survey company in relation to the death of a junior geologist, under the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007.

On 5 September 2008, Mr Alexander Wright, who was employed by Cotswold Geotechnical Holdings
Ltd as a junior geologist, was taking soil samples from inside a pit which had been excavated as part of
a site survey. The sides of the pit collapsed, crushing him.

Peter Eaton, a director of the company, has been charged with gross negligence manslaughter and
with an offence contrary to the Health and Safety at Work, etc Act 1974. Cotswold Geotechnical Holdings Ltd has also been charged with failing to discharge a duty contrary to the 1974 Act.

First Corperate Manslaughter Charge

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has authorised its first charge of corporate manslaughter against a geological survey company in relation to the death of a junior geologist, under the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007.

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