For many years, the sawmill industry had a poor safety record with very high rates of fatal and major accidents. Things are now much improved due to the combined efforts of industry, HSE and plant & equipment suppliers. However, sawmilling remains a high risk business with a major injury rate that is over two and [...]
Category: Workplace transport
Dumper truck breaks worker’s foot
Monday, May 14, 2012
A Northamptonshire construction company has been fined after a six-tonne dumper truck ran over a worker’s foot.
Recycling firm fined after worker crushed to death
Monday, May 14, 2012
An Ystrad Mynach recycling firm has been prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) after a yard foreman was crushed to death.
Yeovil construction company prosecuted after worker hit by fork lift truck
Thursday, May 3, 2012
A Yeovil construction company has been fined after a subcontracted worker suffered serious injuries when he was struck by a fork lift truck.
NAPO in…Safe moves – DVD
Thursday, May 3, 2012
This film shows NAPO using fork-lift trucks and other forms of internal and external workplace transport. The film is about effective organisation and management and how senior managers need to plan, implement and monitor, assess risks and take appropriate action.
Firm fined after worker’s fall from forklift
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
A North Devon farming business has been prosecuted for safety failings after a worker fractured his skull falling from the prong of a forklift truck at an animal feed mill.
Steel firm in court over employee’s injuries
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
A Preston steel firm has appeared in court after a working platform slid off the forks of a forklift truck and struck one of its employees.
Farming partnership fined after two workers severely injured
Thursday, April 26, 2012
A Montrose farming partnership has been fined after two agricultural workers were severely injured when a telescopic handler went out of control, fell down a steep bank and came to rest at the top of a cliff.
Worksop man fined after death of worker
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
A Worksop man has been fined after an employee was crushed to death when a tractor overturned and landed on him.
Worker’s leg amputated following forklift incident
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
A Cardiff-based cargo company has been fined after a lorry driver had part of his leg amputated after being struck by a reversing forklift truck.
Recycling company prosecuted after worker’s foot is crushed
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
A recycling company has been fined after a teenager with a promising career in motocross had his foot broken by a 16-tonne machine.
Mersey shipbuilding firm sentenced over welder death
Thursday, March 22, 2012
A Merseyside shipbuilding firm has been fined £120,000 over the death of a welder who became trapped while driving a forklift truck.
Company failed surveyor killed by reversing lorry
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
A leading engineering and construction company has been fined £250,000 for safety failings after a surveyor was killed by a reversing lorry during work to widen the M25 near Dartford.
Two Leeds firms in court over worker’s crush injuries
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
A construction worker had both legs broken when a 22-tonne excavator reversed over him on a building site in Leeds, a court has heard.
DVD – NAPO in…Safe moves
Thursday, March 1, 2012
This film shows the animated character NAPO using fork-lift trucks and other forms of internal and external workplace transport. It includes scenes about site safety, people safety, vehicle safety, maintenance, visibility, reversing and loading/unloading.
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