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Bingley, West Yorkshire · Leeds Crown Court
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
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
“Where risks cannot be eliminated, it is vital that workers are kept out of danger zones.”
Load-testing of racking systems must keep all workers and other plant, including MEWPs, out of the potential collapse zone.
The machines, packs and quizzes that fit this kind of site.