A stonework company has been fined after an employee was struck by a forklift truck while helping guide a slab.
… Companies should be aware that HSE will not hesitate to take appropriate enforcement action…
The Stone Specialist writes:
Tudor Stonework in Middlesex has been fined £466 and ordered to pay £5,570 costs after an employee was struck by a forklift truck while he was helping guide the movement of a slab. …
The system of work required two operatives to walk in front of the forklift truck to steady the suspended load. However, during this operation the forklift truck ran over the foot of one of the operatives….
Speaking after the hearing, HSE inspector Tom Pouncey said: “Industry practices should be reassessed where other stonemasons may be transporting stone slabs in a similar way.
“Companies should be aware that HSE will not hesitate to take appropriate enforcement action against those that fall below the required standards.”
