Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.AllNewsSportCultureLifestyleKeith Davies, head of sport for the 2017 World-Paralympic Athletics Championships, received a community order for a health and safety charge (PA Wire)UK Athletics was fined £350,000 for the “wholly avoidable” death of Paralympian Abdullah Hayayei, who was killed when a shot put cage collapsed on him in 2017. Hayayei, 36, was preparing for the World Athletics Championships in London when the 440lb metal structure fell on him at Newham Leisure Centre due to incorrect assembly and missing base plates. Keith Davies, 79, head of sport for the 2017 World Paralympic Athletics Championships, received a community order for a health and safety charge, having been “on notice” after a previous collapse of an identical cage. The court heard that the cages, acquired from the 2012 Olympics, had never been properly assembled with base plates in the five years prior to the incident, creating a “perennial hazard.” Hayayei’s widow, Badriah, described the profound impact of his death on her and their five children, emphasizing that it was a result of “gross negligence” that could have been avoided. In fullUK Athletics fined £350,000 over death of Paralympic athlete killed by cage collapseThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
UK Athletics fined over ‘wholly avoidable’ death of Paralympian after cage collapsed
Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.AllNewsSportCultureLifestyleKeith Davies, head of sport for the 2017 World-Paralympic Athletics Championships, received a community order for a health and safety charge (PA Wire)UK Athletics was fined £350,000 for the “wholly avoidable” death of Paralympian Abdullah Hayayei, who was killed when a shot put cage collapsed on him in 2017. Hayayei, 36, was preparing for the World Athletics Championships in London when the 440lb metal structure fell on him at Newham Leisure Centre due to incorrect assembly and missing base plates. Keith Davies, 79, head of sport for the 2017 World Paralympic Athletics Championships, received a community order for a health and safety charge, having been “on notice” after a previous collapse of an identical cage. The court heard that the cages, acquired from the 2012 Olympics, had never been properly assembled with base plates in the five years prior to the incident, creating a “perennial hazard.” Hayayei’s widow, Badriah, described the profound impact of his death on her and their five children, emphasizing that it was a result of “gross negligence” that could have been avoided. In fullUK Athletics fined £350,000 over death of Paralympic athlete killed by cage collapseThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
