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At the Tarkett flooring manufacturer’s factory in Ronneby, in the middle of the night until Saturday, November 3, 2018, Julia Mannersten came into contact with the S-shaped traction device that was pulling her head and an arm between the rollers they were subject. The operator died as a result of head injuries, prosecutor Christer Forssman claims in his criminal court order.
The decision says that Tarkett has failed to do what might be necessary to prevent the crime and that “the crime was committed by one or more persons who had a special supervisory or control responsibility in the business.” Still, there will be no personal liability, there will be a fine of two million crowns that will go to the state.
“We knew it would, we were told this summer that he would lean toward this if Tarkett accepted the penalty order. It is sad that there is no trial and no one is held responsible, someone has a salary for that responsibility, says Inger Mannersten.
Julia Mannersten turned 24 years old.
Photo: Private
She tells the family I do not have the opportunity to proceed with the case in civil law. After the loss of their daughter Julia, they have lost enough money, especially since Jimmy Mannersten was forced to resign from Tarkett when he did not want to go back to the same place where his children died.
– We have another son to whom we have to give ourselves, so life must continue even if it is difficult. The last setback was finding out about the prosecutor’s decision by reading it in the newspaper, that the prosecutor did not inform us or our representative first, says Inger Mannersten.
Family disappointment About Tarkett it’s great – “they haven’t helped us at all” sums it up. The apartment giant had a turnover of around SEK 3.6 billion in 2019 and will now pay just over half per thousand of that to the state for the crime committed that claimed the life of Julia Mannersen.
– I can say that the machine in which it happened drives that money in one shift.
DN has reached out to the manager of Tarkett’s Ronneby site, Pierre Latourre. To Aftonbladet and SVT Blekinge he has written:
“We have fully cooperated with the investigations that have been conducted, and part of this is taking our share of responsibility for the tragic accident that took place. Although the investigation has not been able to determine exactly what happened, we have learned from this dramatic event. Since the accident, we have taken more steps both at Ronneby and internationally to strengthen our safety work, and we will continue to do so in the future. “
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