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Barnsley, Yorkshire · Leeds Magistrates Court
A 20-year-old worker was using an unguarded ride-on pallet truck at the Long Royd warehouse in Barnsley on 14 November 2024 while new automated machinery was being installed. The truck collided with a fork lift truck driven by another employee. The company had changed the workplace transport routes for the installation, so ride-on pallet trucks and fork lift trucks shared routes in a busy stock loading area with limited visibility and more vehicle movements, and the changed routes had not been properly risk assessed.
Injuries: The worker suffered multiple fractures to the foot and longer-term nerve damage.
Section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974, relating to the safe use of workplace transport within the warehouse
“Had suitable planning and risk assessment been carried out, this incident could have been prevented.”
When you change vehicle routes or layouts for building or installation work, risk assess the new arrangement before it starts, including where pallet trucks and fork lift trucks share space.
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