The company was prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) following the incident at the company's warehouse on 8 September 2008. An employee was kneeling down to measure empty pallets at the end of an aisle when a forklift truck ran over his right leg, trapping his foot.

The employee broke three toes, fractured several bones in his foot, and suffered extensive skin, muscle and tissue damage. He still has difficulty walking more than eighteen months after the incident.

Manchester Crown Court heard that items of stock had been left in the aisle, narrowing the route for the truck, and that there was not a separate walkway for pedestrians.

An inspector from the HSE said:

"The employee has been left with a badly damaged right leg as a result of poor health and safety procedures. He had to take sixteen months off work and still has a swollen foot which makes it difficult for him to walk.

The company has an annual turnover of more than $180 million with bases in the UK, France and China. Any organisation that size can easily afford to spend time and money on basic health and safety."

The company, which supplies raw materials to the aerospace and defence industries, pleaded guilty to breaching Regulation 17 of the Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992 by failing to provide a separate walkway for pedestrians and were fined £12,500, they were ordered to pay £4,230 towards the cost of the prosecution in addition to the fine at Manchester Crown Court on.