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SAFETY FAILINGS LEAD TO CONSTRUCTION FIRM
PROSECUTION A Wiltshire-based construction company has been charged after an employee operating a 2.5 tonne dumper drove into a five-foot-deep excavation.
Swindon Magistrates court heard how, in August 2017, Mr Judd was undertaking installation of a French drain and soakaway in a church yard along with roofing work. Mr Judd was involved in the excavation of the sump, which on completion would be backfilled with aggregate. In the process of approaching the sump the dumper failed to stop and drove into the excavation tipping him out of the dumper and trapping him. Injuries sustained included a shattered ankle, sheared tibia and fibia and head injuries.
The company failed to report the incident to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) but a concern was later officially raised with the regulator.
The subsequent investigation by HSE found the company had no measures in place to prevent collapse of the excavation, people falling into it or vehicles being driven into it.
Malcolm Shaun Foyle trading as S Foyle and Son of Malraymer, Duck Street, Steeple, Wiltshire, pleaded guilty to breaching Section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 and Regulation 4(1) of the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013. Mr Foyle has been fined £1,685 and ordered to pay costs of £1,165.80.
Speaking after the hearing, HSE Inspector Ian Whittles said: “The incident could so easily have been avoided by simply putting in place the correct control measures and safe working practices.”
HAULAGE COMPANY CHARGED FOLLOWING WASTE CONVEYOR
INCIDENT A haulage and waste processing business has been fined after an agency worker’s hand was drawn into an in running nip on a waste sorting conveyor.
Telford Magistrates Court heard how, on 27 September 2016, an 18-year-old agency worker was trying to clear a blockage beneath a waste conveyor belt. He reached in with his hand to remove the material causing the blockage when his hand was drawn in by the in- running nip on the conveyor system. He suffered partial amputation of his finger and a fractured elbow.
An investigation into the incident by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), found there was inadequate guarding around the conveyor belt to prevent workers hands being caught up in the conveyor.
Loosemores Transport Ltd of Battlefield, Shrewsbury pleaded guilty to breaching Regulation 11(1) of the
Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998. The company was fined £18,000 and ordered to pay costs of £2,026.70.
HSE Inspector Wendy Campbell said after the hearing: “A young man’s life has been changed because the company failed to ensure there was correct guarding on the conveyor belt. This should serve as a reminder to all companies to check their machinery guarding is adequate and prevents access to dangerous parts of machinery”.
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