A Livingston-based construction supply company has been fined after a worker was seriously injured when he was run over twice by a forklift truck.
Category: Workplace transport
Meat plant worker killed by forklift
Thursday, August 18, 2011
A Livingston firm has been fined £100,000 after a worker was killed when he was hit by a forklift truck so badly loaded its driver could not see him.
Worker crushed between two skips
Monday, August 15, 2011
An Ayr recycling company was fined £80,000 after a worker was severely injured when he was crushed between two skips.
Burton brewery fined after man hit by forklift truck
Thursday, August 4, 2011
A Burton-on-Trent brewery has been sentenced after a delivery driver was hit by a forklift truck while on site.
Parcel firm fined £150,000 after lorry reverses into worker’s head
Monday, August 1, 2011
Tufnells Parcels Express Ltd has been fined £150,000 and ordered to pay £19,000 in court costs after an employee was seriously injured when his skull was crushed by a reversing lorry at the company’s depot in West Horndon nr Brentwood, Essex.
Council fined after crane jib brings down overhead power line
Monday, July 25, 2011
Northumberland County Council has been fined after one of its drivers had a narrow escape when a crane jib on the back of his lorry hit a 20,000 volt overhead power line at one of its depots.
Somerset farm owner fined after telehandler crush
Thursday, July 21, 2011
An elderly farm owner has been fined after the telehandler she was operating crushed a neighbour, causing serious injury.
Cleaning products firm fined after truck falls on worker
Thursday, July 14, 2011
A Nottingham cleaning products manufacturer has been fined after an employee was seriously injured when a powered industrial truck used to lift and transport materials toppled and fell on him.
Halifax company fined after worker hit by steel girder
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
A Halifax demolition firm was today fined by Doncaster Crown Court after an incident left a worker with devastating injuries when he was struck by a metal girder.
Sentence after trainee’s forklift fall
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
A trainee electrician suffered severe injuries when a metal cage he was using fell 20ft from the fork lift truck supporting it.
Agriculture video case study – Farmers’ stories: transport
Monday, June 13, 2011
Twenty one year old Andrew Pursey was crushed to death between two tractors while working on the family farm in Herefordshire.
Chard company fined after fork lift injury
Friday, May 6, 2011
A metal engineering company based in Chard Junction, Metaltech Precision Ltd, has been fined after one of its workers suffered serious injuries when a forklift truck tipped over trapping his leg under the load.
RR862 – Safe transport of roll cages
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
This report seeks to give an overview of current practice, legislation and guidance and identify the problems associated with transporting roll cages.
Bucks company and mechanic fined after forklift death
Thursday, April 28, 2011
A Bucks plant hire company and one of its mechanics have been fined after a forklift truck overturned, killing the driver.
Waste company fined £250,000 after member of the public dies
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
A waste company has been fined £250,000 after a bin lorry ran over and killed a member of the public.
Agriculture video case studies – ATV quad bikes ‘Mark’s story’
Monday, April 4, 2011
Mark Mather lay desperately hurt, alone and unable to summon help on the family farm in Wooler, Northumberland, when a loaded shotgun went off at close range into his leg.
Harwich company fined after worker hit by fork-lift truck
Thursday, March 31, 2011
A food processing company has been prosecuted for safety failings after an employee broke his leg when he was struck by a fork-lift truck at a Harwich factory.
Lorry driver killed by falling steel gates
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
A lorry driver was killed when he was hit by steel gates falling off his vehicle as it was unloaded by a forklift truck.
Video – HSE forklift truck death prosecution
Monday, March 28, 2011
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.
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