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Forklift death leads to corporate manslaughter conviction (14th May 2012)
JMW Farms Limited (Co. Armagh) was fined a record £187,500 on 8th May 2012, plus £13,000 costs, at Belfast's Laganside Crown Court for health and safety failings that led to the death of 45-year-old employee Robert Wilson.
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Firm fined after driver impaled on steel tube (18th April 2012)
A Darlington engineering firm was fined after a delivery driver was seriously injured when a steel bar penetrated his chest.
Gust of wind blows worker off top of shipping container (27th February 2012)
A food manufacturing firm has been fined after a worker was blown off the top of a shipping container while moving corrugated metal sheets.
Grave handling error as forklift unloads steel beams (10th February 2012)
A worker was killed when a one tonne steel beam fell from a forklift unloading a lorry at a construction site.
Reversing forklift killed lorry driver (10th February 2012)
A delivery driver was killed when a reversing forklift trapped him against his lorry.
Lichfield firm fined after man's neck broken (9th January 2012)
A Lichfield logistics firm has been fined after a forklift driver broke his neck when a computer cabinet he was loading onto a trailer fell on him.
Poor loading bay safety leads to forklift fall (6th January 2012)
A Derbyshire manufacturing firm has been fined after a forklift truck driver fell from a ramp while unloading a lorry.
Warehouse floor work ends in crane crush death (19th December 2011)
Man killed when overloaded crane collapsed at Liverpool site in 2007. Override switches were faulty, including the switch that prevented the crane lifting loads beyond its capacity.
Man dead after forklift fall (12th December 2011)
The HSE has called the lifting of workers on forklifts disgraceful. The comment comes as fines totalling £100,000 were imposed on two firms following the death of a man who fell 4 metres from a stillage resting on a forklift.
Poorly lit yard contributes to lorry crush (30th November 2011)
KBC Logistics of Dartford, Kent has been fined after an employee was seriously injured when he was crushed by a reversing lorry at the KBC Logistics depot in Askews Farm Road, Grays in Essex.
Worker falls after pallet used as platform (22nd November 2011)
Worker stood on a pallet fitted to the fork attachment of a tractor and was lifted to around four and a half metres.
From News
Industrial waste firm in court after forklift hits worker (10th November 2011)
A Trafford firm, which treats industrial waste, has appeared in court after one of its employees suffered life-threatening injuries when he was hit by a forklift truck.
Forklift worker suffers head injury in Leigh (4th October 2011)
A worker could have been killed when he fell off a forklift truck in Leigh while trying to climb onto its roof, a court has heard.
Warehouse worker run over twice by forklift (1st September 2011)
A Livingston-based construction supply company has been fined £36,000 after a worker was run over twice by a forklift truck.
Overloaded forklift kills worker (18th August 2011)
A Livingston firm was fined £100,000 after a worker was killed when he was hit by a forklift truck so badly loaded its driver could not see him.
Somerset farm owner fined after telehandler crush (22nd July 2011)
An elderly farm owner has been fined after the telehandler she was operating crushed a neighbour, causing serious injury.
Loading capacity error at Pilkington UK leads to ‘horrific incident’ (13th June 2011)
Two workers were badly injured after a trolley load of glass panes fell on them at one of the UK's most well-known manufacturers, a Bristol court has heard.
Lorry driver killed in forklift accident (5th April 2011)
A lorry driver was killed when he was hit by steel gates falling off his vehicle as it was unloaded by a forklift truck.
A £400k fine after forklift death (21st March 2011)
A Llanelli-based automotive manufacturer has been fined £400,000 after an employee died on the day he was to take voluntary redundancy.
HSE issues scissor lift warning (6th January 2011)
The Health and Safety Executive has advised users of certain types of scissor lifts to make daily safety checks as it reports that five people have been killed in three separate incidents in Europe over the past four years.
Homebuilder fined after forklift crush death (6th December 2010)
A leading homebuilder and one of its construction plant operators have been fined £14,500 after an incident on a site in Banbury left one man dead and two others severely injured.
