Three years ago Swansea man Darren Small was struck by a forklift truck and died. In this video, his mother Barbara and his sister Kelly talk about Darren’s death and the effect it’s had on their family and the wider community.
Category: Workplace transport
Nuneaton firm sentenced after teenager injured by forklift
Monday, March 21, 2011
A Nuneaton recycling company has been prosecuted by HSE after an 18-year-old employee was pinned to the ground by a forklift truck.
Llanelli company fined £400,000 after employee dies at work
Friday, March 18, 2011
A Llanelli-based automotive manufacturer has been fined £400,000 after an employee died on the day he was to take voluntary redundancy.
London 2012 – vehicles case study
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Preventing falls during off-loading of vehicles. Background, a multi storey car park was constructed on the Olympic Park. The structure involved the delivery, unloading and placing of hundreds of items of steelwork and precast concrete floor slabs by tower crane.
Vehicles at work – Interactive case studies
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
HSE has put together some ‘before-and-after’ interactive case studies to help you think and talk about vehicle safety in the workplace.
Worker fell from cage balanced on fork lift truck
Thursday, March 3, 2011
A Yeovil vehicle repair and sales company has today been prosecuted after one of its workers fell from a cage balanced on a fork lift truck.
Haulage partnership fined after safety breaches
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
A Huntly-based haulage partnership has been fined £8,000 for health and safety failures at its site in Stirling.
Human factors at play during a large gasoline spillage – case study
Monday, February 7, 2011
The footage shows in stark form how humans react when called upon to manage a known serious risk i.e. a significant gasoline spillage.
Food firm fined after worker hospitalised
Thursday, February 3, 2011
A Lincolnshire food company which packs vegetables for supermarkets has been fined £15,000 after a worker ended up in hospital when hit by a falling crate.
Construction boss fined after sub-contractor suffers appalling leg injuries
Monday, January 24, 2011
A partner in a Nottingham construction firm has been fined after a sub-contractor suffered permanent leg injuries when falling under a telehandler.
HSE launches new health and safety in ports website
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
HSE’s docks website has been re-launched as “Health and safety in ports”. The new website has been updated to provide improved navigation and easier access to guidance on the main causes of injury and illness in ports.
Recycling company fined after man dies from being struck
Saturday, January 8, 2011
A recycling company has been fined £200,000 after a machine overturned and the loading bucket hit a man at a site in Minster, Kent.
Print firm fined after worker hurt in lorry incident
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
A 10-year-old equipment fault at a stationery supply firm saw a worker sustain serious injuries after he was caught between a reversing lorry and a loading platform.
Company fined after man crushed by truck
Monday, December 13, 2010
A Buckinghamshire engineering company has been fined £30,000 after a worker was crushed to death at its premises.
Contractor fined after boy injured on construction site
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
An employer has been fined after a 14-year-old boy was injured when he overturned a dumper truck on a construction site.
Homebuilder fined after forklift crush death
Monday, November 22, 2010
A leading homebuilder and one of its construction plant operators have been fined £14,500 after an incident on a site in Banbury left one man dead and two others severely injured.
Company fined after death of Doncaster worker at Immingham
Friday, October 29, 2010
A Durham company has been fined £120,000 at Grimsby Crown Court after safety failings led to the death of a man at its coal processing plant in Immingham.
Recycling firm prosecuted over Preston worker’s injuries
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
A recycling company has appeared in court after one of its workers suffered broken ribs when he was forced onto a metal conveyor belt in Preston.
Rochdale firm in court after worker suffers crush injuries
Friday, October 8, 2010
A Rochdale engineering company has been fined after a two-tonne piece of machinery fell onto a labourer, leaving him with multiple fractures.
Quarry firm fined after worker plunge in 30-tonne wheel loader
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
A quarry operator was today fined £30,000 after a 30-tonne wheel loader vehicle overturned and slid almost 16ft down a sand stockpile.
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