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PHW · Warehousing · 2026-02-11

Space Productiv Ltd and Collins Site Services Ltd fined £157,500 after workers were fatally struck by a collapsing racking system

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.”

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.

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