IN THE COURTS
DHL AND JCB FINED AFTER WORKER
STRUCK Two companies have been fined after a worker was seriously injured by a trolley carrying hydraulic rams.
Stafford Crown Court heard how an employee of DHL Services Limited (DHL) was auditing incoming deliveries in an outside yard at JCB World Headquarters when he was struck from behind by falling machinery.
The trolley toppled on its side trapping the DHL employee between it and a stillage. He suffered multiple serious injuries including fractures and internal injuries.
An investigation by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) into the incident, which occurred on 16th October 2013 found there were a number of safety failures leading to an unsafe system of work.
In addition to the injured worker, the investigation identified that employees of JC Bamford Excavators Ltd (JCB) accessed this area as pedestrians when vehicles were operating.
DHL was fined £266,000 and ordered to pay costs of £23,370.22. JCB pleaded guilty to breaching Section 2(1) and Section 3(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974, and was fined £375,000 and ordered to pay costs of £37,235.42.
HSE Inspector David Brassington said after the hearing: “The dangers of failing to provide effective segregation between pedestrians and vehicles are well known. Both of these companies were well versed in transport risk management and both fell well below the required standard in ensuring that such risks were effectively managed in this area.”
“These failings allowed a pedestrian worker into a busy area where vehicles were coming and going and as a result the worker sustained serious injuries from which he has still not recovered.”
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MANUFACTURER FINED AFTER HAND
CRUSH INCIDENT Cardiff-based steel manufacturing company Rom Ltd has today been fined after a worker suffered crush injuries to his hand.
The magistrates’ court, North Staffordshire Justice Centre heard how on 23rd October 2015 a 51-year-old worker was removing leftover steel from the a machine called the Koch Straightener, used for straightening steel wire, when he trapped his hand between the rotating rollers inside the machine.
The worker suffered serious crush injuries to his hand and lost the top of his right index finger as a result of this incident. An investigation by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) found the company failed to identify the risks associated with workers
manually operating this machine, nor were steps taken to ensure the machine was correctly guarded.
It was found the company also failed to provide the required level of supervision to this activity and as a result led to the worker suffering these injuries.
Rom Ltd of Castle Works, East Moors Road, Cardiff pleaded guilty to breaching Regulation 11 Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998, has been fined £200,000 and ordered to pay costs of £17,200.63.
Speaking after the hearing HSE inspector David Keane said: “This man suffered a life-changing injury. The company failed to protect the worker from harm by not properly considering the risks associated with manually operating dangerous machinery such as this.”
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