Coventry bin worker died when he was caught in lorry’s equipment

Mr Gancarz told the court he had been trained as a loader and driver.

CCTV footage showed the two loaders with their back to the vehicle’s lifting equipment, something the inquest heard they should have been trained not to do.

It also showed the bin continuing to move forward while Mr Carpenter was at its rear.

Mr Gancarz said drivers routinely continued going forward even when they couldn’t see both loaders in their wing mirrors.

Simon Hilton, representing manufacturer Dennis Eagle, said: “I’m going to suggest that on the day in question there were a number of things going on that were not part of the training.”

Mr Gancarz said operatives attempted to do the job correctly.

While he denied anybody was in a hurry that morning, he said workers could sometimes be in a rush and had to work quickly to service thousands of properties during a shift.

“We try to do and work how the book says, or how we’ve been told, but sometimes… we are in a hurry,” he said.

“It might be anything. It might be [an] ambulance on the way, it might be police.

“There are many situations. There are so many dangers [we have] as loaders and drivers.”

The inquest, which is expected to last for eight days, had been due to begin on Monday but jury issues meant it officially started a day later.