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PHW · Warehousing · 2026-02-11

Space Productiv Ltd and Collins Site Services Ltd fined £157,500 after two workers died when collapsing racking struck their work platform and it overturned

Bingley, West Yorkshire · Leeds Crown Court

What happened

An industrial racking system collapsed while being tested with weights up to two tonnes at Castlefields Industrial Estate, Bingley. The collapsing structure struck a mobile elevating work platform nearby, causing it to overturn.

Injuries: fatal: two workers killed

The breach

Space Productiv Ltd: Sections 2(1) and 3(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974; Collins Site Services Ltd: Section 3(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974

The sentence

  • Fine: £157,500
  • Costs: £27,669
HSE inspector

“Where risks cannot be eliminated, it is vital that workers are kept out of danger zones to reduce the risk of serious injury or death.”

What would have prevented it

Load-testing of racking systems must keep all workers and other plant, including MEWPs, out of the potential collapse zone.

How PHW helps

The machines, packs and quizzes that fit this kind of site.

Sector

Lorries at the door. Forklifts and reach trucks in the aisles.

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You answer for whoever goes up in your boom lift.

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Counterbalance forklift

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Reach truck refresher training

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Quiz

Could you show who is authorised to drive each forklift and reach truck?

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Source: HSE press release, Two firms fined after racking collapse killed two workers