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HSE Says Skip Firm Director Died After Entanglement in Trommel Screen as Joint Inquiry Continues

Investigators report he was caught in a trommel screen, a rotating waste‑sorting drum associated with high risk during maintenance tasks.

Overview

  • Paramedics pronounced Daniel Wenn, 35, dead at 9am on Monday at the Norman Wenn Skip Hire depot on Sandy Lane Industrial Estate in East Tuddenham, Norfolk.
  • The Health and Safety Executive and Norfolk Constabulary are conducting a joint investigation, with inspectors having visited the site and the depot reopening by midweek.
  • HSE guidance highlights serious hazards from trommel screens, including contact with moving parts and the danger of being drawn into machinery during intervention work such as clearing blockages.
  • Witnesses at a nearby business reported hearing screaming and shouting before the area filled with emergency vehicles and then fell quiet.
  • Wenn ran the family firm founded by his father in 1985, and tributes from local residents, Dereham Town Football Club and motorsport groups praised him as a skilled, well‑liked figure.