A firm has admitted safety failings that led to one of its workers being struck on his back by a large steel girder.
The 46-year-old man narrowly escaped being crushed by the girder and was instead knocked to the floor when it hit him from behind. He suffered severe bruising and soft tissue damage to his foot and lower leg.
Before leaving for the weekend, the worker had brought two girders into the workshop and placed them on powered rollers. On Monday, he set the rollers running and climbed through a curtain screen to put clean cling films on the rollers, forgetting the girders were on the same rollers. He was struck in the lower back as the girder moved toward him and knocked over the rollers onto the floor.
The company had never assessed the risks involved in using the machine and had not provided guards for the rollers to prevent access during operation. They were fined a total of £20,000 and ordered to pay £7,356 in costs.
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Source: http://www.hse.gov.uk/press/2013/rnn-yh-00613.htm
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