A real prosecution in Newark, what HSE, an auditor or your insurer will ask you, and how PHW trains your people on your own site so you have the answer on the day.
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Three things you need to be able to show.
A worker was fatally trapped under an overturned forklift. The case is on record in our real cases library.
Read the caseIf one of your own people is hurt and claims against you, your training records are your evidence. HSE, an auditor or your insurer will ask who is trained, and you need the answer on the day.
Up to four of your people assessed for competence in one day, on your own site and machines, with minimum downtime. Plus a written safe-system pack for each topic.
Real HSE prosecutions from this kind of work.
£146,700 · 2026-05-22
A yard operative unclipping a trailer curtain was struck by a reversing forklift's wheel, suffering multiple fractures and a de-gloving injury.
Read the case →£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.
Read the case →£80,000 + £4,537 costs · 2025-11-18
A delivery driver moving cages on a trailer fell when a stuck wheel caused a cage to fall, suffering a brain injury and fractures.
Read the case →The Barcode Warehouse Ltd in Newark was fined £500,000 after a worker was fatally trapped under an overturned forklift. That is a criminal fine. No insurance policy pays it. The same law applies to your yard. £250,000. The sentencing starting point for the most serious breaches, firms under £2m turnover. If someone dies, the police investigate. The charge can be corporate manslaughter. And a director can go to prison. And if one of your own people is hurt and claims against you, your training records are your defence. No records, no defence.
Lorries reverse onto the bay. Anyone free jumps on the forklift. Nobody is marshalling. Nothing is written down. Then HSE, an auditor or your insurer asks who is trained. You need the answer on the day.
Against that: up to four of your people assessed for competence in one day, on your own site and machines, with minimum downtime. Plus a written safe-system pack for each topic. PHW trains and assesses your people on your own site and machines: forklift, reach truck, lorry loader. Every certificate has a QR code. Scan it for the live record. PHW writes your yard, loading and lifting procedures, and keeps a training matrix: gaps and refreshers.
PHW has certificated thousands of candidates nationwide, for multinationals and small firms alike. PHW Services. Qualification through competence. Take the one-minute check at phwltd.com.