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On the day of the accident a Labourer was crossing an access road used by vehicles to transport materials to and from the site. As he was crossing the road he was struck by a passing telescopic materials handler. He fell underneath the vehicle and received a glancing blow to the side of the head from it's rear offside wheel. The driver of the machine was not aware of the accident until he traveled back across the access road five minutes later. HSE Inspectors found a number of safety failures at the site. In particular the access road was the only route leading onto the site and was used by both vehicles and pedestrians. There were no separate marked paths to show pedestrians where to walk and no barriers to separate them from vehicles. In addition the court heard, the company failed to draw up an adequate health and safety plan before any work began at the site which would have set out how transport risks were to be managed. The company have now stopped using this type of handler after it was found that drivers had a visibility problem on the right hand side of the vehicle. Acknowledgements for these pictures to Safety Management Magazine, published by the British Safety Council No Responsibility accepted for the accuracy of this article |
Building Site
Death in Shafsbury|
The person driving the truck had received no formal training in its use and it was common for untrained persons to use trucks at the premises. In addition the company failed to notify the HSE of the accident in accordance with the RIDDOR regulations and the MD made a false entry as to the cause of the accident in the firms accident book. The company was fined £5000 for breaching section 2 (1) of the Health and Safety at Work Act, a further £1000 for a breach of the RIDDOR regulations and the MD was fined a further £1000 for intentionally obstructing a Factory Inspector in the execution of his duties. A further £500 fine was imposed for the false entry in the accident book and both prosecuted parties were ordered to pay prosecution costs of £224.77 It is our intention to update these pages as and when we get news of severe injury or fatality involving fork lift trucks in the UK. We have deliberately left out names of individuals and companies concerned to avoid unnecessary distress. Acknowledgements
for these pictures to Safety Management Magazine, published by the
British Safety Council |
Man looses finger
and then a cover up| Details for Case No. F100000250 Defendant Peugeot
Motor Company plc SummaryVisiting commercial delivery driver
suffered severe leg injuries when run over by fork lift truck in the
loading bay when returning to vehicle from rest area. Common practice
for visiting drivers to walk across the loading deck to gain access to
rest area. No risk assessments made for safe circulation of vehicles and
pedestrians. Floor markings indicating restricted access to the loading
deck illegible, no designated pedestrian routes to rest area. Offence Date16/02/99 Total Fine£12,000.00 Total Costs Awarded to HSE£884.10 Location of Offence Address Peugeot Motor Co Ryton Plant Po Box 46 London Road Ryton On Dunsmore COVENTRY West Midlands CV8 3DZ England Region WEST MIDLANDS Local AuthorityCoventry IndustryManufacturing Main Activity34100 - 34100 Manufacture of motor vehicles Type of LocationFixed HSE DetailsHSE GroupEng/Utilities East HSE DirectorateField Operations Directorate HSE Area 10 HSE DivisionMidlands Reconstructed from the H&S pages. No Responsibility accepted for the accuracy of this article |
| Details for Case No. F100000257 Peugeot
Motor Company plc Summary Production operator received leg injuries when run struck by fork lift truck when leaving his workstation through welding curtains into gangway. Common practice for operators to use this route to enter and exit the booth despite risk assessment. Offence Date 17/06/99
Region Eng/Utilities East Reconstructed from the H&S pages. No Responsibility accepted for the accuracy of this article |
| Details
for Case No. F090000319 Defendant
Belvoir Associates Ltd
Oakham Summary
EMAP Self employed electrician working in Company prem from ladder
knocked off by FLT sustaining multiple fractures to both heals.Breach of
MHRC reg 3 No Written risk ass relating to risk to contractors from use
of fork lift trucks (would have shown shown action necessary to comply
with HSWA S3. Breach of HSWA S3 failure to ensure SFAIRP non employees
not a exposed to risk to contactors from FLT use. Pr approved as
remedial measures reasonably practical (barriers ,instruction, supervision,
training) Previous written advice given on risk ass, visitors, Use of
FLT.
Offence Date 27/01/00 http://www.hse-databases.co.uk/prosecutions/ Reconstructed from the H&S pages. No Responsibility accepted for the accuracy of this article |
Fatal accident to an HGV driver in a waste paper recovery depot A
Waste paper company was fined £16,000 after a court heard that one
of its employees was crushed to death under a lift truck (shown
opposite) because it failed to ensure that pedestrians and vehicles
were properly segregated at its site. The court was told that a 51
year old lorry driver who was delivering waste paper to the company
on 6th August 1999 parked his wagon inside the plant's warehouse and
one of the firm's Directors began using the truck to unload the
lorry. Whilst the lorry was being unloaded from one side the lorry
driver walked around the vehicle to begin opening the remaining
covers. The truck was carrying bales of paper which had been wrapped
into six foot high stacks and although there were no witnesses it
would appear that the deceased stepped in front of the truck and
that the operator's vision was obscured by the load he was carrying.
The court also heard how the firm had failed to draw up a safe system of work for vehicle loading although that had now been corrected. In addition to the fine the company was ordered to pay the full prosecution costs of £767.84 It is our intention to update these pages as and when we get news
of severe injury or fatality involving fork lift trucks in the UK.
We have deliberately left out names of individuals and companies
concerned to avoid unnecessary distress. No Responsibility accepted for the accuracy of this article |
| Briefing from the Paper and Printing NIG On 6 August 1999 Mr Perry, a 53 year old HGV driver, was killed at a waste paper recovery depot in Blackburn, Lancashire operated by Shirley's (Canterbury Street) Ltd. The deceased was crushed by a 3.5 tonne Fork Lift Truck being used to unload bales of waste paper from the curtain sided vehicle driven by Mr Perry. Initial investigations revealed that forward vision for thedriver of the Fork Lift Truck was obstructed by the load of 3 bales being carried at the time. HSE is carrying out further investigations. The Paper and Printing NIG reminds firms to examine their policies with respect to: -carrying loads on fork lift or clamp trucks that may obscure the forward vision for the driver, -segregation of pedestrians and vehicle movements, and -the provision of high visibility clothing for people working near moving vehicles." Branches are asked to bring this information to the attention of all companies operating lift trucks, and particularly paper mills and waste paper recovery plants. This tragic event highlights the hazards involved in lift truck operations, the problems of handling waste paper bales,and the general need to ensure good visibility at all times when lift trucks are in use. Safety reps should ensure that companies review all operations involving lift trucks and ensure all relevant health and safety standards are being met at all times. Relevant information is provided in the new GPMU Safety Reps Handbook. Reference should also be made to "Rider operated lift trucks: Operator training - Approved Code of Practice and Guidance" HSC L117 £5.00 1999, and to "Safety in working with lift trucks HSE HSG6 1993 (currently under revision).HSE publications are available from HSE Books tel. 01787 881165. No Responsibility accepted for the accuracy of this article |
| WYMONDHAM:
Wednesday June 24 1999 An elderly woman suffered head and suspected spinal injuries after the car in which she was a passenger collided with a 15 meter steel girder as it was being carried across the road by a fork lift truck yesterday. Firefighters cut away the roof of the Hyundai to release the woman after the accident in Ayton Road, Wymondham, about midday. She was taken to the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital. Copyright © 1998 Eastern Counties Newspapers Group Ltd, all rights reserved.
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| Warehouseman's death was an
accident WAREHOUSEMAN Gordon Morling died when a storage rack collapsed and smothered him, an inquest heard today. The industrial accident happened at Lehnkering Logistics at Beardmore Park, Martlesham, on January 29 this year. The 38-year-old, from Pond Close, Felixstowe, had worked in the warehouse of the company since September 1997. He was working with a colleague, unloading containers, when the accident happened, the hearing at Ipswich Crown Court was told. He was driving a reach truck along an aisle when a section of racking collapsed, burying him under tons of debris. A reach truck is similar to a fork-lift truck but can lift higher and has a fork which can reach in and out as well as up and down. His colleague did not see the racking collapse but heard it crash and turned to see a cloud of dust. His immediate concern was for Mr Morling but he could not see him so he went to get help. A Suffolk Accident Rescue Service doctor was at the scene within minutes but Mr Morling was certified dead at the scene. The inquest heard from a consultant pathologist that Mr Morling had had a known heart murmur since 1970. However, he had died from respiratory failure due to accidental smothering and traumatic asphyxia. Health and Safety experts gave evidence concerning the safety of Mr Morling's working environment and his expertise as a driver. Brian Roebuck, a representative for the Health and Safety Laboratory, told the court that the warehouse used typical racking for its storage and the shelving was not over-loaded. He said: 'According to my investigation the loading was more or less at the limit. It was within the guidelines but only just.' He said that he had also found no fault with the reach truck Mr Morling had been driving and suggested that the racking may have collapsed after receiving a slight knock from the truck. However, he said: 'None of this is absolutely 100 per cent proof that this is what happened but the balance of probability suggests this happened.' Also giving evidence was Philip Gore, a health and safety officer for Suffolk Costal County Council. He said that Mr Morling had previously driven reach and fork-lift trucks for a company from 1985 until 1992 and then fork-lift trucks for another company up until the time he had joined Lehnkering Logistics. He had received a certificate for fork-lift driving at his previous employer following a one day refresher course but had not received any additional training in the 16 months he had been with the Martlesham based company. Instructing a jury of five men and five women, Ipswich coroner Nowell Watkins said: 'It is not permissible for us to start trying to apportion blame. You have to accept that it was an horrendous accident and a man has lost his life.' The jury returned a verdict of accidental death. Extract from: Evening Star web pages Evening Star, July 28 1999 Star News index |
| Forklift tragedy claims life A man has been killed in an accident involving a fork-lift truck at a Northern Ireland sawmill. The accident occurred at the Leitrim Saw Mill near Hilltown in County Down on Thursday afternoon. The man died after he became trapped beneath a truck. Paramedics who arrived at the scene were unable to revive him. Friday, July 30, 1999 Published at 10:19 GMT 11:19 UK BBC News On the Web |
| Tragedy: Worker dies in
accident while loading truck Inquiry begins into lorry death An investigation is under way after a man died in an industrial accident. The man (in his late 50's) is believed to have been crushed to death while he was loading up a lorry at a transport firm in Peterborough England. Police were called to the depot at about 21.50 to find the victim, a local man to the area had died at the scene from crush injuries. The victim who is believed to have grown up children leaves a wife. The Health and safety Executive has launched a full investigation. An inspector of the local Police force said "It would appear that while loading a lorry using a forklift truck, the victim became trapped between the two vehicles." He went on to say "We received a call to say a man had been crushed by a forklift and I understand he died at the scene before the Police arrived" The victim's next door neighbour said about him "He was a very good neighbour although we did not know him that well" "His wife came round this morning to tell me the news. She was absolutely devastated" A Health and Safety Executive spokes woman said " I can confirm that an employee of a local transport firm was working on a night shift and loading a HGV using a fork lift truck when an incident happened" "Investigations are now under way. We are seeing if there are any witnesses to the accident and will be interviewing them later". The Transport firm declined to comment. Extract from: Peterborough Evening Telegraph 24th June 1999 |
| Drivers Error makes big hole in wall..... A company will NOT be prosecuted after one of its drivers decided to make an extra entrance where he worked. Crashing through a wall back wards on his counterbalance truck in the view of the public was only the start. Especially as it was a builders merchants. the driver was taken to hospital but released the same day. An investigation was carried out by the local council and driver error was to blame. There will be no prosecution as a result of this accident. Extract from: Evening Telegraph May 1999 (Corby Edition) |
| Man's legs Crushed A 34-YEAR-OLD man from the middle industrial belt in Northamptonshire was reported to have been taken to hospital with leg injuries after being crushed between two forklift trucks. The accident happened at a large distribution center No Responsibility accepted for the accuracy of this article |
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self-employed roofer died http://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/local_london/leadstories/november/ed02231100.html |
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Judge
apologetic about £20,000 workplace death fine Absolute
disgrace |
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Company fined after fatal accident The Judge, Mr Recorder Merfyn Hughes QC, said it was clear that a
pre-production area where sawdust was stored had been unsafe. Mr Jones Roberts died instantly from his injuries. Visibility from the loader was such that the driver did not know a collision had occurred. The tragedy happened in July last year. - just three months after an earlier accident. On that occasion, scaffolder Frank Larty, from Liverpool, was lucky to escape serious injury when he was scooped up in an open bucket of one of the factory's the loading machines. Loader crashed There had also been other accidents including one where a loader crashed into a van and damaged it. The court heard the visibility for drivers of the loading machines was restricted with a black spot in front - made worse when the bucket was loaded. Judge Hughes said there was a chaotic state of affairs, with lorries, forklift trucks and pedestrians in the area where the Komatsu vehicles were being driven, with none having any kind of priority. "There was absolutely no regulation at all," he said. Mr Pickering said the company had spent £2m over a three-year period on safety and had immediately taken action to prevent a reoccurrence.The company admitted two health and safety offences and in addition to the £75,000 fine were ordered to pay costs of £7,386. HSE inspector Brian Neale said it was a terrible tragedy that should not have happened. http://news.bbc.co.uk |
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