Essex tree
specialist company, Oak View Tree Specialists Limited, has been fined after a
skip loading dumper overturned severely injuring a worker.
Basildon
Magistrates’ Court heard how the injured person, who was an employee at the
company, was working at the rear of a house in Benfleet, Essex on 26 September
2014 when the incident occurred. The 19-year-old employee had only a few
minutes training on the use of the dumper truck. He had no driving licence and
was not wearing a safety belt when he overturned the vehicle.
He was
airlifted to hospital where he was found to have broken his back. He spent
months in hospital and his injuries are life-changing. It is not known if he will
ever be able to walk again.
On 17 June
2015, Oak View Tree Specialists Limited, of Rayleigh, Essex, pleaded guilty to
breaching Regulation 9(1) of the Provision and Use of Work Equipment
Regulations 1998 as it failed to ensure that its employees received adequate
training for the purposes of health and safety. The company was fined £3,000
with costs of £1,500.
On sentencing,
HSE Inspector Keith Waller, said: “This was entirely an avoidable incident. The
defendant failed to take reasonably practicable measures because they allowed
their employee to operate a dangerous item of plant machinery with only the
very minimum of training.
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