Company fined GBP 5,000 after employee is injured in dumper incident
May 26, 2009
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is urging employers to ensure all staff
are fully trained and competent when using workplace vehicles.
The call follows the sentencing today of Shorts Group Ltd, based in Ascot, Berkshire, after a male employee suffered serious injuries to his foot.
Shorts Group Ltd pleaded guilty to breaching Section 2 (1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 at Maidenhead Magistrates Court. The court fined the company £5,000, and ordered them to pay costs of £1,772.80.
The investigation followed an incident on 21 May 2008 at a construction site in Bracknell Road, Warfield, where a demolition labourer was operating a skip-loading dumper on which he had received no formal training or instruction. During the course of his work, the dumper overturned and the employee became trapped underneath it, sustaining serious injuries to his foot as a result.
Karen Morris, HSE Inspector, said: "The company failed to provide this employee with suitable instruction, information and training, and this was clearly a contributory factor to this incident."
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The call follows the sentencing today of Shorts Group Ltd, based in Ascot, Berkshire, after a male employee suffered serious injuries to his foot.
Shorts Group Ltd pleaded guilty to breaching Section 2 (1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 at Maidenhead Magistrates Court. The court fined the company £5,000, and ordered them to pay costs of £1,772.80.
The investigation followed an incident on 21 May 2008 at a construction site in Bracknell Road, Warfield, where a demolition labourer was operating a skip-loading dumper on which he had received no formal training or instruction. During the course of his work, the dumper overturned and the employee became trapped underneath it, sustaining serious injuries to his foot as a result.
Karen Morris, HSE Inspector, said: "The company failed to provide this employee with suitable instruction, information and training, and this was clearly a contributory factor to this incident."
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