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Company
fined £12,000 after fall from forks
An electronics company was fined £12,000 along with prosecution costs
of £1,537 after an employee was injured whilst standing on the forks of
a lift truck.
The
accident happened in Blackpool on 8th January 2001 when the injured man
was helping to dispose of waste paper which was loaded into a metal
trolley which was resting on the forks of the truck. The truck was then
driven to a rubbish skip where the man also climbed on to the forks in
order to empty the waste paper into a skip. As he was doing this the
lift truck driver raised the forks ten feet above the floor of the skip
to allow the rubbish to be tipped in. The injured man slipped and fell
into the skip and the trolley also fell off the forks landing on top of
him.
He
sustained a cracked rib, deep cuts to his right elbow and injuries to
his lower back and as a result he still walks with a limp and has been
unable to return to work since the accident.
Speaking
after the case at Blackpool Magistrates Court HSE Inspector Stephen
Garsed said "falls from height are one of the biggest causes of
death and injury at work. It is therefore essential that companies have
effective management systems in place to prevent them"
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Forklift truck used as crane killed employee
United Engineering Forgings Ltd of Bromsgrove, now in
administration, has been fined a total of £30,000 with substantial
costs over the death of an employee struck on the head by the arm of
a forklift truck. Calvin Hughes, 26, died in July 2001, while
working at the company as a maintenance engineer. Droitwich
Magistrates Court heard HSE's Mark Harris explain how a lifting
operation normally undertaken by overhead crane could not proceed
because of lack of space. A forklift truck was pressed into action
with a rope suspended from one of the arms. Tragically, during the
lift the right hand bar of the forklift struck Mr Hughes on the
head. The company was found to have failed to meet the requirements
of the Health and Safety at Work Act, and failing to ensure
provision and maintenance of plant and systems at work; failing to
ensure thorough examination of the fleet of forklift trucks; and
failing to check the lifting sling.
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Fined
for safety flaws (November 8th 2001)
DAVENTRY firm, Cummins was fined £16,000, for breaching health and safety regulations after a visitor to the factory was hit by a forklift truck.
Last Wednesday, the company, which makes diesel engines on the Royal Oak Industrial Estate appeared before Daventry magistrates and admitted not following regulations regarding the safe circulation of pedestrians and vehicles.
It also admitted failing to make a suitable and sufficient risk assessment on the health and safety of its contractors and visitors.
The weaknesses were revealed by the Health and Safety Executive after an accident on March 23 this year.
Lawrence Newton, director of Lenatas roof contractors suffered extensive bruising and swelling of the legs after a forklift truck struck him from behind as he was visiting his staff who were working on a roof in the goods-in area.'
Prosecuting for the Health and Safety Executive, Shain Akhtar, told the court the forklift had no warning signals and the inside curtain was down which reduced visibility.
She said Mr Newton had been visiting the site regularly but, considered a visitor, he was only given limited health and safety information.
When Cummins' safety representative Steve Bushill was consulted he said: "We always said an accident is waiting to happen in the
yard" and said supervisors only took notice when something went wrong.
Noel Doran, defending, said:"Before any contractor can undertake work they must go through a form giving written proof they have received instructions but Mr Newton was a visitor."
Cummins have now installed new safety measures to prevent this from happening again including high visibility jackets, restricted access to the yard and pedestrian walkways.
Daventry magistrates said the company's risk assessment documents showed a high risk but no action was taken.
The visitors' card stated Mr Newton should be supervised but was not. They found this to be "negligent"
The company was fined £12,000 for exposing Mr Newton to risk, £2,000 for each of the two regulation charges and £1,708 costs.
Daventry Express on 01327 703383
www.daventryonline.co.uk
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July 2001
Investigation
into Diy store death
The Borough of Poole's
Consumer Protection Services Department and Dorset Police have launched
a joint investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of a
worker at a DIY store.
Pamela Hinchliffe died on 16 June 2001 following a collision with a
fork-lift truck inside a B&Q store in Poole, Dorset.
http://www.workplacelaw.net
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20
July 2001
B&Q fined after
forklift crushes shopper Supplementary to the above
DIY giant B&Q has been ordered to pay out £800,000 in fines and
costs after a woman was crushed to death by a reversing forklift
truck while shopping at one of its branches.
The DIY giant was convicted of five counts of breaching health
and safety law after Pamela Hinchliffe, 68, was struck by the
lift truck at B&Q’s Poole store in June2001.
Bournemouth Crown Court heard that B&Q failed to ensure that the
control of forklift movements at the site complied with the
company’s own safety guidelines. In particular, the court was
told that CCTV evidence revealed that lift trucks were being
operated at the site without banksmen to guide them.
Speaking after the case, Peter Pawlowski, the Borough of Poole’s
Head of Consumer Protection Service, said: “The fine of £550,000
together with the award of £250,000 prosecution costs represent
a significant figure and one of the highest ever set for
offences within the retail sector.”
B&Q has lodged an appeal against the conviction.
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£10,000
fine after member of public struck by forklift truck
A Manchester warehousing
company has been fined £10,000 and ordered to pay £1,775 costs after
an accident involving a fork-lift truck.
Bernard Sherlock was visiting the warehouse to collect some items when
he was struck by a fork-lift truck that was reversing. The collision
knocked Mr Sherlock to the ground and both his legs were run over by the
truck. He broke both wrists and both legs in the incident and the left
leg had to be amputated below the knee.
Branford Limited pleaded guilty to breaching Section 3(1) of the Health
and Safety at Work Act 1974, which ensures the health and safety of
people not employed by that organisation.
http://www.workplacelaw.net
Forklift
death 25/2/01
It
is reported that a man has died in a lift truck accident at the deep
water berthing facility at Clydeport Hunterston, in Fairlie, on the
Firth of Clyde.
The man has been named as Graham Hardie, 19, from Irvine. A police
spokesman said that it appeared Mr Hardie was killed by the overturning
truck on Saturday afternoon.
http://www.safetynews.co.uk
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