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Birmingham, West Midlands · Birmingham Magistrates Court
An engineering manager was struck by a reversing HGV while walking across a service road on a shared industrial estate. Pedestrians being struck by moving vehicles remains a leading cause of workplace fatalities.
Injuries: Fatal.
Sections 2(1) and 3(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
“Pedestrians being struck by moving vehicles remains a leading cause of workplace fatalities in Great Britain.”
Assess workplace transport risks, cover HGV movements in site rules, eliminate reversing where possible or provide reversing aids, display warning signage and control when HGVs access the site.
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