SCAFFOLDING COMPANY FINED FOR UNTRAINED FORKLIFT OPERATOR’S INJURIES

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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 …

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LONDON ZOO SAFETY BREACH: KEEPER SUFFERED NECK INJURY IN FAULTY STEPLADDER FALL

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A London Zoo safety breach saw a keeper, who was cleaning out a hawk aviary, fall off a faulty step ladder that was wrongly retrieved from a skip. Angelina Lawson suffered neck injuries in the accident while removing droppings from a shelf under the birds’ perches. According to reports, the step ladder …

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