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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 to reduce the risk of serious injury or death.”
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.