articleHGV driver lucky to live after forklift dropped pallet
A logistics company has been fined for safety failings after a driver was injured when he was hit by a pallet that fell from a fork lift truck.
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articleForklift that struck worker driven by untrained operative
An Essex haulage firm has been fined after an employee was struck by a forklift truck driven by an untrained operative.
articleMis-communication contributes to crane fatality
A company was fined £160,000 after a worker was killed when he was struck by a load on a moving crane.
newsWorker killed by HGV travelling at just 5km/h
A commercial vehicle company was ordered to pay £212,500 in fines and costs after one of its workers was killed when a lorry travelling at less than 5km/h crushed him.
articleMan crushed on sloping loading yard of dairy
A Chorley farm operating a dairy bottling and processing plant has been fined £75,000 following the death of a worker crushed by an articulated lorry.
articlePoor cooperation leads to lorry driver death
Weak communication between three companies over the proper securing of a heavy and awkward load on a lorry contributed to the death of the driver. All three companies were fined heavily.
articleHSE report helps in dealing with rollaways
Handling & Storage Solutions summarises a key report by the Health & Safety Executive into preventing HGV rollaways.
productOperator injured rethreading shrink wrap machine
A company who produce household cleaning products has been fined after an employee suffered serious burns when rethreading a shrink wrap machine.
articleWorker killed while assisting a reversing lorry
A company based in Whitchurch has been fined for safety failings after the death of an employee.
productHaulage firm worker killed by runaway lorry
As the HGV started to roll down a sloping yard Tony Schulze ran after it and tried to jump in the open door but was struck and killed.
productWorker gets arm stuck in forklift
A scrap metal firm and its director have been fined after a Manchester worker suffered severe injuries to his left arm when it became stuck in a forklift truck. The worker had been instructed to stand on the truck’s forks.
productDriver killed when forklift overturned wasn’t wearing seatbelt
A large steel fabrication company based in North Yorkshire, has been fined after a forklift truck (FLT) operator was killed when the truck he was operating overturned. However, the offence to which the company pleaded guilty was not a significant cause of the fatal accident.
newsWarehouse worker foot crushed after Royal Mail PPE failure
The Royal Mail Group has been fined £50,000 after a worker’s foot was run over by a reach truck in a bundling warehouse.
productAgency worker seriously injured in forklift accident
GMA Warehousing and Transport has been fined £100,000 after a worker suffered serious injury when a sheet of marble weighing one tonne fell on him.
productHGV driver given suspended sentence after rollaway death
HGV drivers are frequently putting lives at risk by not following basic safety procedures when coupling and uncoupling vehicles, the Health and Safety Executive warned today.
productWorker injured after firm failed to segregate forklifts and pedestrians
A cargo handling company based in Aberdeen has been fined after a worker suffered serious injury.
newsFirm fined £90,000 for ignoring lifting equipment warnings
A coach company in Wrexham has been fined £90,000 after it repeatedly failed to comply with legal notices to get its lifting equipment examined.
articleFree guidance published on preventing trailer rollaways
The guide has been produced by an industry working group made up of members of the Transportation and Logistics Forum, which is chaired by the HSE.
productWorker pinned after door collapse
A Worcestershire-based manufacturer was fined after a worker nearly lost his life when a door collapsed and pinned him to a baler.
productDistillery blaze left 21-year-old worker engulfed in flames
A distillery in Oldbury has been fined after an employee was engulfed in flames in a fire that destroyed the warehouse and its contents. Firm receives heavy fine.
