G-Tekt Europe Manufacturing Limited, a company that manufactures metal pressings and sub-assemblies for the automotive industry, has been fined after a worker was struck by a forklift truck and suffered a serious brain injury. Newport Magistrates’ Court heard how, a worker needed to be placed in an induced coma after a forklift truck struck him […]
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Employee fined after causing apprentice to fall from height
An employee has been fined after an apprentice sustained serious injuries when he fell from a potato box lifted by a forklift truck. Peterborough Magistrates’ Court heard how, Mr Francis Yardy used a forklift truck with an attached potato box to lift an apprentice electrician to a height of four metres to carry out electrical […]
Twatt’s fined £40k after worker seriously injured in fall from height
A family-owned and run farming business has been fined £40,000 after an employee sustained severe injuries following a fall from height. Aberdeen Sheriff Court heard how Alan Twatt (Potatoes) Limited asked an employee to install an electric cable through four barns at a height of approximately 4 metres. A potato box lifted by a forklift […]
£120,000 fine for courier company after agency work was seriously injured by forklift
A courier service company has been fined after an agency worker was hit and run over by a fork lift truck. Cannock Magistrates’ Court heard that an employee at Alternative Parcel Company (APC) Overnight Ltd suffered serious injuries to both legs after he was hit and run over by a forklift truck which was operating […]
Scaffolding company fined £50k+ for untrained forklift operator’s injuries
A scaffolding company must pay more than £50,000 after a workman sustained life-changing crush injuries when the forklift truck he was operating overturned, trapping him. The Whiterose Scaffolding employee’s internal injuries were so severe that he now lives with chronic pain and has significant mobility problems. The Leeds-based company, which notes on its website that […]