A building maintenance firm has been sentenced after one of its employees lost a leg when he was run over by a cherry picker at a nuclear site.
An investigation found there had not been a safe system of work for the task, and relevant training had not been provided. The 62-year-old had been standing close to the front of the cherry picker when it ran over his left leg, which later had to be amputated.
The company was fined £65,000 and ordered to pay £8,162 in prosecution costs.
The investigating HSE inspector, Faye Wingfield, said:
"The worker has suffered a terrible injury that will affect him for the rest of his life due to failings of his employer. If the risk assessment decided someone was needed to escort the vehicle then a safe system of work needed to be devised. Employees should also have been given appropriate training."
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Source: http://www.hse.gov.uk/press/2012/rnn-nw-johnsoncontrols.htm?eban=rss-
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