A company has been fined for failing to keep a forklift truck in good working order, which posed a danger to workers.
The company supplies stone in flexible large bags that hold around a tonne. HSE found that a forklift truck had not been maintained and that two sets of bearings holding the forks in line had collapsed.
As the forks were lowered, they could jam on the mast and then fall when dislodged, putting employees working nearby at risk of serious injury.
HSE found the forklift had been repaired on many occasions in the previous year but all the work had been reactive. The company's maintenance regime was to repair in response to breakdowns.
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Source: http://www.hse.gov.uk/press/2013/rnn-yh-00513.htm
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