GBP100,000 fine after mobile crane overturns
March 16, 2010
An employee of Corus UK Ltd was operating a crane when it overturned.
The incident occurred on 4 September 2008 at the company s Aldwarke Steel Works in Rotherham. Sheffield Crown Court heard how the crane had been fitted with a safe working load alarm however the driver had not been trained on how to use it. The crane became overloaded however no alarms sounded as it overturned.
The company pleaded guilty to breaching Section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 and was fined £100,000 and ordered to pay costs of £9,908.50.
After the hearing, HSE Inspector Geoff Clark said: "This is a serious health and safety breach by a company that globally employs tens of thousands of people which could easily have led to people being killed. The operator was extremely lucky to escape with only minor injuries.
Inspector Clark concluded: "This hearing highlights the importance of having an effective system in place for managing health and safety to stop easily avoidable incidents. In this case the measures in place were simply inadequate, in particular, there was a substantial failure to provide enough suitable training."
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The incident occurred on 4 September 2008 at the company s Aldwarke Steel Works in Rotherham. Sheffield Crown Court heard how the crane had been fitted with a safe working load alarm however the driver had not been trained on how to use it. The crane became overloaded however no alarms sounded as it overturned.
The company pleaded guilty to breaching Section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 and was fined £100,000 and ordered to pay costs of £9,908.50.
After the hearing, HSE Inspector Geoff Clark said: "This is a serious health and safety breach by a company that globally employs tens of thousands of people which could easily have led to people being killed. The operator was extremely lucky to escape with only minor injuries.
Inspector Clark concluded: "This hearing highlights the importance of having an effective system in place for managing health and safety to stop easily avoidable incidents. In this case the measures in place were simply inadequate, in particular, there was a substantial failure to provide enough suitable training."
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