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National manufacturer and supplier of fitted kitchens, appliances and joinery products, Howden Joinery Ltd, has been fined £1.2 million after the death of a visiting HGV driver at one of its premises.
Richard Brown, an agency driver, was delivering kitchen worktops to a Howden Joinery Ltd site in Workington when he was crushed to death as a forklift truck (FLT) overturned whilst lifting kitchen worktops from the trailer of the HGV.
An investigation into the incident, which happened on 10 November 2014, found the FLT had been overloaded. Visiting delivery drivers were not kept at a safe distance from the loading and unloading operations.
The company was fined £1.2 million and ordered to pay costs of £33,902.00.
Speaking after the hearing Health and Safety Executive inspector Steven Boyd said: “Standing too close to where loading or unloading work is being carried out can put people in harm’s way so people, such as delivery drivers, should be in a position of safety when forklift trucks are operating.
“This tragic incident could have been avoided if Howden Joinery Ltd had implemented a safe procedure to ensure that pedestrians were kept at a safe distance during loading and unloading work.
“Duty holders should be aware that HSE will not hesitate to take appropriate enforcement action against those that fall below the required standards.”
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£1.2m fine after driver fatally crushedManufacturer Howden Joinery has been fined £1.2 million after the death of a visiting HGV driver at one of its premises.
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Having seen plenty of the pictures from other media reports, this one is a bit misleading… it looks very much like the (FLT) tipped up forwards with the load on and not ‘overturned’, and it happened on the pavement-roadside outside a public retail store not in a warehouse so what point the picture here… how can we learn lessons if the reporting is not accurate? A bit below your usual high standards SHP… but none-the-less, a very, very sad incident that should not have happened.
Having seen plenty of the pictures from other media reports, this one is a bit misleading… it looks very much like the (FLT) tipped up forwards with the load on and not ‘overturned’, and it happened on the pavement-roadside outside a public retail store not in a warehouse so what point the picture here… how can we learn lessons if the reporting is not accurate? A bit below your usual high standards SHP… but none-the-less, a very, very sad incident that should not have happened.
Hi Pattie, thanks for this – I will take a look at the story and change as appropriate.