CONTRACTOR INJURED BY FORKLIFT TRUCK

July 27th, 2010 admin

Pirelli Tyres has received a fine of £9,000 after admitting a breach of health and safety regulations when a forklift truck hit a workman at the company’s Carlisle plant, resulting in him suffering a broken leg.

Alan Miller, a contractor working on the site, was hit from behind by a pallet on the forks of a forklift truck as he walked through one of the departments at the plant. The Health and Safety Executive prosecuted the company for failing to manage the risks to pedestrians in the area where the accident happened, including failing to advise contractors of the safety measures required to make sure their safety.

COMMENT:-

Pirelli had already accepted that the area should be pedestrian free in a previous risk assessment because the line of sight of forklift drivers was regularly obscured. So despite the potential for injury being recognised the company continued to put the lives of workers at risk. This was undoubtedly why the company was prosecuted and in addition it will no doubt face a claim for personal injury compensation from the injured man.

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