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Highworth · Bristol Magistrates' Court
On 13 June 2025 a worker was hit by a reversing company recovery truck and crushed under it in a yard at the company's site in Highworth. The company had failed to implement a suitable traffic management system. It had also not implemented proper precautions to assist reversing drivers.
Injuries: The worker suffered fractures to both legs and an arm, a punctured lung and a fractured rib, spent five weeks in hospital, and more than 10 months later was unable to return to work and likely to need walking aids for life.
Section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
“Had Cotswold Vehicle Recovery (Swindon) Limited implemented robust measures to allow pedestrians and vehicles to move safely across its site, this incident would not have occurred.”
Keep pedestrians and moving vehicles apart on your site with a proper traffic management plan, and put proper precautions in place to assist drivers who are reversing.
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