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Company fined for driver's death
A construction company has been fined £350,000
after a forklift truck driver was crushed to death by his own
machine. Daniel Vass was killed in March 2000 after the truck
toppled over last year and trapped him inside. He had received no
training. |
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Customer Looses Leg A warehousing company was prosecuted after a customer had both of his legs and wrists broken and had to have his left leg amputated below the knee after he was struck and then run over by a reversing fork lift truck. 
The accident happened in Middleton, Manchester on March 24th 2000 when a customer visited the warehouse to collect some items. He was standing in the yard while a lift truck was in use removing pallets from the warehouse to the yard. As the truck was reversing to return to the warehouse it hit the man who had also started to walk towards the warehouse. The collision knocked the injured party to the ground and both his legs were run over by the truck. The firm had been served with an improvement notice in November 1999 ordering it to implement a vehicle management system because of the potential risks of accidents. The company had however, decided to start the vehicle management scheme on March 27th - three days after the accident occurred. The
company was fined £10,000 under section 3 of the Health and
Safety at Work Act after it pleaded guilty to failing to
ensure the safety of persons not in it's employ. It was also
ordered to pay £1775.10 costs. |
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FROM HEIGHT RESULTS IN FRACTURED SKULL On this occasion a Business Manager was seriously injured when he fell from the cage seen here. The accident happened on April 26th 2000. He sustained a fractured skull and suffered several fractured ribs. The injured party was  attempting
to unplug a component cleaning machine from an overhead power socket by
standing inside the cage which was resting on the forks of the lift
truck. The wire cage suddenly tipped over causing him to fall 3 meters
to the ground. Newcastle Crown Court heard that at the time of the
accident it was common practice for employees to be raised up in cages
on the forks of a lift truck.
The company pleaded guilty to a breach of section 2 (1) of the Health and safety at Work Act and was fined £15,000 along with the full prosecution costs of £2711.75. The company have since reviewed their procedures for working at heights and provided hoist trucks to allow the job to be done safely in future. The company was
fined £3000 under section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work Act
together with a further £1000 for a breach of Construction and Loler
Regulations and ordered to pay the full prosecution costs of £1000. |
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A construction firm and one of its directors have been fined a total of £60,000 at Southampton Crown Court. Hungerford based construction firm Austin Brickwork Ltd and company director Julian Austin, have been fined after a forklift truck driven by a company employee knocked down and killed labourer Kevin Moyle, on a building site in Basingstoke, on August 7th 2000. The driver had not been trained or tested to operate a forklift truck. Austin Brickwork was fined £40,000 plus £8,799 in costs after pleading guilty to breaching section 2(1) of the HSW Act 1974, in that it failed to ensure the safety of employees by not restricting the use of the forklift truck to competent staff. Mr Austin was fined £20,000 after pleading guilty to section 37(1) of the HSW Act because he instructed an untrained employee to drive the truck. HSE Investigating inspector Mike Sarson said "Mr Moyle's death highlights the need for employers to use only trained and licensed forklift truck drivers. Any employer, director or manager that allows an untrained person to operate any workplace plant or machinery vastly increases the risk of an accident which could result in serious injury or death". |
| Disabled forklift driver wins
employers prize A disabled woman has won a top award after shear determination led her to become a fork lift truck driver and find work. The woman was paralysed and had to learn to walk again after being hit by a car in 1976. Still only able to walk short distances without aid of a wheel chair but successfully raising a family of two she did not want to move into jobs like telemarketing or office work. She is quoted as saying "I thought if I could drive an automatic car, why not a forklift truck like my husband. I contacted the doctor and the Health and Safety who gave me the all clear" After she was rebuffed by one job center but then contacted GATT Ltd. A training provider in Hinkley. She is quoted as saying proudly "I had never been in a machine vehicle and I found it difficult to get used to at first, but I managed to get a full counterbalance license" She is now able to manoeuvre warehouse pallets 80ft in the air and had a job at Toys 'R' Us store in Coventry. She is quoted as saying "The manager worked with me and they took me as me, not a disabled person. I progressed to a narrow isle/turret lift license." On February 29th 2000 she was winner of the Coventry and Warwickshire Chamber of Commerce's Training Excellence Award. She is quoted as saying "It was a brilliant evening and it really hasn't sunk in yet that I have won. It took a lot of determination to get where I have" Sadly her job was just a Christmas contract ad at present she is unemployed. If you are in a position to offer this lady a job then she can be contacted through the Daventry Express on 01327 703383
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| Baby's escape as fork-lift truck falls
on pram A nine-week-old baby girl has narrowly cheated death when a fork-lift truck fell onto her pram. Jolie Smith escaped unscathed from the accident which happened at around 11.15am yesterday in Dukinfield, Greater Manchester. Her parents - Heath Ball and Louise Jackson - were pushing their young daughter along the town's King Street during a shopping trip when the drama unfolded. It is thought a lorry struck the side of a railway bridge causing the fork-lift truck it was carrying to topple over onto the pavement crushing part of Jolie's pram. All three were taken to Tameside General Hospital where Jolie's parents were treated for shock. Jolie is now being called a "miracle baby" - she survived a complicated emergency birth when her heart stopped beating in the womb. Ms Jackson, 29, of Dukinfield, said: "When we pulled back the cover of the pram we thought our lives would be over. "But Jolie was gurgling away as if nothing had happened. She didn't even cry." A spokesman for Greater Manchester Police confirmed an investigation was under way into the incident, which he described as a "close call". Last updated: 15:38 Saturday 2nd December 2000 |
| HSE agrees to investigate death in
fork-lift crash
By Paul Lashmar 6 April 2000 The Health and Safety Executive agreed to investigate the death of a young man in a fork lift-truck accident, after his family took the workplace safety watchdog to the High Court in London yesterday. Mohammed Omar Akhtar, 20, died after being nearly decapitated by a fork-lift truck near his home in Old Trafford, Manchester, in 1997. The court was told Michael Jones was steering his vehicle the wrong way down the street with the forks raised some four feet high to unload pallets from a lorry when it was in collision with Mr Akhtar's car. The safety executive refused to investigate the case for two years, saying it was a road traffic accident and a police matter. The dead man's brother, Mohammed Ali Akhtar, 29, brought a judicial review against the executive on behalf of his family. Lawyers for Mr Akhtar accused it of an "astonishing" refusal to investigate the possibility of bringing serious charges, including manslaughter, against Mr Jones's employers, Moores Timber Merchants, under the 1974 Health and Safety at Work Act. But in the High Court yesterday, Alan Maclean, for the executive, said it was now willing to give an undertaking to investigate the death. Lord Justice Roch congratulated the parties on reaching "an appropriate settlement which we hope will assuage some of the feelings that have been aroused by this case". In the accident, Mr Omar Akhtar's jugular vein was severed, his car careered out of control and crashed outside his family's home. On hearing the crash the family came out to find him trapped and bleeding to death. He was cut from the car two hours later and his life support machine was turned off the next day. In 1998, Mr Jones was found guilty by magistrates of driving without a licence and he received a conditional discharge for six months. His non-existent licence was endorsed with three penalty points. Moores received a conditional discharge on a similar charge. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/UK/This_Britain/2000-04/crash060400.shtml No Responsibility accepted for the accuracy of this article |
| DEATH MAKING SAFETY VIDEO WorkSafe WA has begun an investigation into the death of a Perth forklift driver on March 11. He was killed while making a safety video. Peter Caruso, 52, who owned an equipment training school, was making the video because he believed other forklift safety guides did not demonstrate how dangerous the rear swing of a forklift could be. Bob Elkington, WorkSafe WA chief inspector of fatalities and special investigations, told Australian Safety a combination of factors appeared to be responsible for the incident. "In order to shoot his safety video, Caruso set up a scenario with 200-litre drums and a pallet on a driveway. He drove the forklift down the driveway and turned it full lock, hitting the drums. "The forklift then started to fly sideways - probably because the tyres weren't at sufficient pressure. Following that, one of the tyres struck the edge of the concrete, flicking the vehicle. By this point, the driver had lost control. "We are also investigating whether the driver's seatbelt was faulty. The man had no seatbelt on when he fell from vehicle, but witnesses say he put it on before he started the journey," he said. "Decreased pressure in the tyres, going from a loose compact blue metal surface to concrete, and the faulty seatbelt all appear to have contributed to the death," Elkington said. Elkington said Caruso was filming the video with a friend to assist in his school's training programs. Elkington said the WorkSafe investigation would be completed "soon", after some more interviews had been conducted. http://darwinawards.com/cgi-bin/frames.cgi?/darwin/darwin2000-06.html No Responsibility accepted for the accuracy of this article |
| Details for Case No. F090000318 Defendant Quebecor World Plc  SummaryFailure
of lifting equipment being used to lift an ink duct onto a printing
press. A home made lifting beam was attached to the forks of a FLT-
forks sheared off. No injuries, but lift not planned or carried out in a
safe manner as SWL exceeded due to de rating, lifting beam not examined
& expert advice available to help plan the lift. Guilty plea- firm
did own mitigation- accepted failingsOffence Date13/06/00 Total Fine£3,000.00 Total Costs Awarded to HSE£1,346.00 Location of Offence Address Plant 2 Oakley Hay Ind Estate 15 Saxon Way East CORBY Northamptonshire NN18 9EX England Region EAST MIDLANDS Local AuthorityCorby IndustryManufacturing/printing © Copyright Health & Safety Executive 2000. All information is provisional and may be subject to revision. http://www.hse-databases.co.uk/prosecutions/case/case No Responsibility accepted for the accuracy of this article |
| DFDetails for Case No. F090000325 DefendantFaccenda Group Limited SummaryThe defendent used lift trucks in his factory yard for unloading & loading metal cages called "modules" off & onto lorries. Each module contained 12 plastic trays which were used to transport chickens for slaughter. On two separate occasions (on 24/10/00 & 16/11/00) accidents occurred in the yard area where employees were seriously injured by lift trucks as they attempted to load modules onto lorries. They were prosecuted as they had not organised their workplace in such a way that pedestrians & vehicles could circulate in a safe manner Offence Date24/10/00 Total Fine£3,750.00 Total Costs Awarded to HSE£2,713.50 Location of Offence Address Boundary Road Ind Estate Willow Road BRACKLEY Northamptonshire NN13 7EX England Region EAST MIDLANDS Local AuthoritySouth Northamptonshire IndustryManufacturing/Production and preserving of poultry meat © Copyright Health & Safety Executive 2000. All
information is provisional and may be subject to revision. No Responsibility accepted for the accuracy of this article |
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Details for Case
No. F130000287
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| Details for Case
No. F090000337
Defendant Patrick Transport Ltd Summary Breach of Lifting Operations Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998, Regulation 5(1)(b). Employee fell out of a stillage in which he was being lifted on the forks of a lift truck to approximately 2m. The stillage was not suitable to be used for lifting people in that it was not attached to the fork lift truck. Total Fine£1,500.00 Total Costs Awarded to HSE £1,044.25 Location of Offence Address Union Street KETTERING Northamptonshire NN16 9EH England Region EAST MIDLANDS Local Authority Kettering IndustryTotal Service Industries © Copyright Health & Safety Executive 2000. All information is provisional and may be subject to revision. No Responsibility accepted for the accuracy of this article |