The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is to prosecute an individual after a three-year-old girl suffered serious head injuries when she was hit on the head by falling timber.
The incident took place on Preston Street in Brighton on 6 July 2018. The girl, who was being pushed in a buggy by her mother, suffered serious head injuries and remained in hospital for four months. She is still recovering.
The HSE said Grzegorz Glowacki, 40, of Rugby Road, Brighton, has been informed he is being charged with an offence under Regulation 8 (1) of the Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998.
The defendant is due to appear at Brighton Magistrates Court on 1 May 2019.
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