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May 9, 2011

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Supermarket knew ‘dead man’s pedal’ was faulty

In mitigation, the firm said it did have written procedures for removing faulty vehicles from service, and it had trained staff how to identify and report faults. But it went on to say it could not account for the failure of staff to follow their training or the correct procedures.

The court also heard that the company had entered an early guilty plea and had fully cooperated with the investigation.

Following the hearing, the council’s cabinet member for environmental health, Councillor Jahangir Akhtar, said: “Where appropriate, we will prosecute any company, no matter how large or how small, which fails to fulfil their legal duties to protect the welfare of their workers. Despite the pallet truck being found in a dangerous condition on a number of occasions in the week leading up to the accident, appropriate action was not carried out-with disastrous results for the employee.”

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Nickgray9956
Nickgray9956
12 years ago

“But it went on to say it could not account for the failure of staff to follow their training or the correct procedures”
I suggest they consider some behaviour based safety training, this has got to be a contender for the most pathetic cop-out of the century.