A vehicle body manufacturing company in Stoke on Trent has been fined
after two workers were seriously injured when they were crushed between
a moving vehicle and stationary vehicles.
North Staffordshire
Magistrates’ Court heard that a colleague of the two men was attempting
to manoeuvre an 18 tonne vehicle in the work shop of Commercial Body
Specialists Limited on 12 January 2015 when two employees were pinned
and crushed between the manoeuvring vehicle and two other stationary
vehicles. One other employee jumped out of the way.
One worker
suffered several fractures to his pelvis and ribs as well as internal
bladder and kidney lacerations. The other worker suffered crush injuries
to his legs.
An investigation by the Health and Safety Executive
(HSE) into the incident found that the company had failed to identify
and assess workplace transport risks and had failed to put in place
protective measures, safe systems of work and proper instruction and
training to ensure employee pedestrian safety during vehicle movement.
Commercial
Body Specialists Limited, of High Street, Tunstall, Stoke on Trent,
pleaded guilty to breaching Section 2 of the Health and Safety at Work
etc Act 1974, and was fined £20,000 and ordered to pay costs of £4,461.
NEBOSH National General Certificate in Occupational Health & Safety
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