Met detectives have charged both Higgins Homes PLC and four men in connection with the death of a woman in Bethnal Green in 2018.
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 Pauls Way in Bethnal Green at approximately 09:00hrs on Tuesday, 27 March 2018.
She died in the hospital the following day.
The charges followed an investigation by the Met and the Health and Safety Executive.
Higgins Homes PLC, a construction company that develops and builds properties across London and the south east, was charged by postal requisition on Wednesday, 7 May, with corporate manslaughter and offences under Section 3 of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974.
Four men have 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, a crane operator on the day of Michaela’s death, was charged on Thursday, 8 May.
Dawood Maan, 59, of Ashford, Kent, a crane supervisor, was charged on Wednesday, 30 April.
Stephen Coulson, 68, of Hemel Hempstead, who was responsible for compiling the lifting plan for the site, was charged on Wednesday, 30 April.
Thomas Anstis, 68, of Banstead, the site manager and temporary works coordinator, was charged on Thursday, 8 May.
All are due to appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Monday, 16 June.
Specialist officers continue to support Michaela’s family.
