A civil engineering company was
fined after a worker fell from his dumper truck suffering a fracture to his
spine.
Peterborough Magistrates’ Court
heard how a 50-year-old worker was operating a dumper truck during road
improvements of the A14 road under Girton Bridge, near Cambridge. A drainage
ditch was being excavated between the concrete pier of the bridge and the A14
road. The excavation was approximately fourteen metres long and two metres deep
and the worker was using the dumper truck to remove soil. The worker fell into
the excavation as he was attempting to remount the vehicle
An investigation by the Health
and Safety Executive into the incident which occurred on 18 December 2014 found
that the gap between the excavation and the safety barrier on the road was too
narrow to safely manoeuvre through and for the driver to safely dismount and
mount. There was inadequate planning and monitoring of the work.
C R Civil Engineering Limited
of North Road, Loughborough, Leicestershire, pleaded guilty to breaching
Regulations 13(2) and 31(2) of the Construction (Design and Management)
Regulations 2007 and were fined £20,000 for each offence with costs of £2,047.
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