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· Birmingham Magistrates Court
On 4 October 2024 an employee acting as a spotter was crushed when a 231kg load of switchboard equipment, not secured to the forklift, fell on him while it was being loaded onto a flatbed lorry. HSE found there was no risk assessment or lift plan and employees had not been given information or instructions about the lifting operation. The load could have been secured using existing anchor points, or the lorry-mounted crane could have been used instead of the forklift.
Injuries: The worker suffered brain and spine injuries, cannot care for himself or communicate with others, lives in a care home and needs 24/7 care.
Section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
“Employers must ensure that lifting operations are properly planned by competent persons, supervised and carried out safely.”
Before any lorry loading job with a forklift, have a competent person write a lift plan, secure the load to the anchor points and consider whether the lorry-mounted crane is the safer tool.
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