Penn Elcom Limited fined £80,000 after a lorry driver fell from a trailer while loading cages

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R W Waste Limited sentenced after a reversing excavator ran over a worker in the yard

Nominal fine of £1 (company in liquidation) · 2026-04-16

A worker sorting waste in the yard was run over by a reversing 15-tonne excavator, resulting in the amputation of both lower legs.

Hessle Plant Ltd fined £433,550 after a forklift fell from a trailer while reversing

£433,550 + £8,147 costs · 2025-11-26

A forklift truck fell from a trailer as it was reversed into position early one morning, fatally trapping the operator against a neighbouring trailer.

Ward Bros (Malton) Ltd fined £250,000 after unsecured metal frames fell back onto a worker during container devanning

£250,000 · 2025-10-31

While devanning a shipping container in the yard, a worker was fatally trapped when 120kg metal frames that had not been secured to the container wall fell back onto the worker.