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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HOWDENS LANDS £1.2MILLION FINE FOR OVERLOADED FORKLIFT FATALITY

The UK’s largest manufacturer and supplier of fitted kitchens has been fined £1.2m over the fatal crushing of a delivery driver in Cumbria. Howdens Joinery was prosecuted at Carlisle Crown Court after it pleaded guilty to breaching ss 2(1) and 3(1) of the Health and Safety at Work Act. It …

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