Company fined £12k after health and safety breach

3:52pm Friday 26th October 2012 in News By Will Lodge

Adhere in the Whitehall Industrial Estate, Colchester Adhere in the Whitehall Industrial Estate, Colchester

A FIRM has been fined £12,000 after a sub-contractor fell from a forklift truck and fractured his skull.

Joe Samuels fell seven metres while fixing a light at Adhere Industrial Tapes in the Whitehall Industrial Estate.

The company admitted failing in their duty to not expose workers to risk and providing inappropriate equipment following an investigation by the Health and Safety Executive.

  • For the full story including how the accident happened see Monday's Gazette.

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SOMETHING2SAY says...
4:05pm Fri 26 Oct 12

"SPLAT " !! ( HEALTH AND SAFETY " )

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Im_Like_HELLO says...
5:24pm Fri 26 Oct 12

Falling seven metres is no laughing matter and the H&SE were right to prosecute -- though the statement "failing in their duty to NOT expose workers to risk" is worrying since there are risks in all aspects of daily life; it's how you go about managing the risks that is crucial.

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SOMETHING2SAY says...
8:04am Sat 27 Oct 12

you do not get on forklift to fix a light !! stupidity..and the chap should have refused to do so

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