Prosecutions
Man injured by forklift truck, company fined £7,000
29/10/2009
Employee run over and dragged by Forklift Truck without the driver noticing.
On 7 December, 2007 during the afternoon tea break, Thomas Moorehead an employee was returning to work from the car park on site when he was knocked down by a forklift truck. The driver, unaware of the collision continued driving the truck for approximately 26 metres with the employee stuck under the front until someone caught his attention. Mr Moorehead had fractures to his pelvis and legs.
The company, based in Northamptonshire, was fined £3,000 and ordered to pay £4,000 costs at Northampton Magistrates’ Court after pleading guilty to breaching Regulation 17 (1) of the Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992 in failing to organise their Nene Valley site such that pedestrians and vehicles could move around premises safely.
This incident could have been avoided if the company had organised the workplace so that vehicles can operate safely in a set area.
The company, based in Northamptonshire, was fined £3,000 and ordered to pay £4,000 costs at Northampton Magistrates’ Court after pleading guilty to breaching Regulation 17 (1) of the Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992 in failing to organise their Nene Valley site such that pedestrians and vehicles could move around premises safely.
This incident could have been avoided if the company had organised the workplace so that vehicles can operate safely in a set area.