Technical Summary
A Redditch-based manufacturing firm was fined £40,000 after an employee fractured twelve ribs when a 500kg pillar drill fell during a lifting operation. HSE inspectors determined the forklift task lacked proper planning and risk assessment, leading to the prosecution.
Original Reporting Excerpt
36-year-old worker seriously injured by falling pillar drill weighing 500kg Health and Safety Executive inspectors found lifting operation involving a forklift was not properly planned or risk-assessed Redditch-based firm handed £40,000 fine following HSE prosecution A spring and stampings manufacturing company has been fined £40,000 after an employee fractured twelve ribs during a lifting operation […]
Source: HSE Press
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