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People News 6 Dec 2022Firm fined after fall from delivery vehicle
Autoneum Great Britain has been fined after an employee who fell from a delivery vehicle was left severely disabled.
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Latest News 18 Nov 2022Transport company fined after driver killed
A transport company has been fined £400,000 after one of its drivers was killed after being knocked off his trailer while loading and unloading it.
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Latest News 8 Nov 2022
Three firms fined after HGV driver seriously injured
Three companies have been given six-figure fines after a driver was crushed between a reversing HGV and a forklift truck in a warehouse beside Heathrow Airport.
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Latest News 8 Nov 2022
Firms fined six figures after driver crushed while unloading vehicle
Two companies have received six-figure fines after a HGV driver suffered fatal chest injuries while unstrapping a load on a trailer.
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Latest News 23 May 2022
Firms fined after delivery driver injured
Brighouse Pallet Services and Seal It Services have been fined for safety breaches after a HGV driver suffered a fractured his neck.
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Latest News 1 Apr 2022
Employer fined after driver injured due to brake failure
A construction company has been fined for failure to maintain the braking system of an articulated dumper truck.
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Latest News 9 Dec 2021
Explosion at vehicle servicing centre leaves workers with serious burns
A commercial vehicle servicing and repair company has been fined after workers suffered serious burns when flammable brake cleaning fluid ignited.
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People News 6 Aug 2021Company fined almost £1m after truck driver fatally injured
The driver Kenneth Aitchison was struck by a wheeled shovel loader operating in a yard while stood at the rear of his vehicle.
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Latest News 4 Jun 2021Company fined after fatal collision at former BBC Television Centre
Grundon Waste Management has been fined after a traffic marshal was struck and killed by one of its vehicles on a construction site.
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Latest News 8 Mar 2021
HSE issues pressure valve safety alert for tanker operators
The Health and Safety Executive has issued a safety alert to fleet operators to check the pressure relief valves on road tankers are operating correctly.
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Latest News 11 Feb 2021Company fined £50k after driver fatally injured
PCR Steel has been fined after a worker was fatally injured by steelwork, which fell from a telehandler forklift truck during loading.
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Latest News 25 Nov 2020
HSE inspections to ensure fleets are Covid-secure
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) says it is looking to work with fleets, but where it finds they are not managing the risk, it will take action.
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Latest News 21 May 2020
HSE safety warning for air suspension systems
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has issued a safety alert for those carrying out work on vehicles with air suspension systems.
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Truck News 30 Jan 2020
Company fined after vehicle strikes overhead power cable
Fairhurst Stone Merchants has been fined for safety breaches after a vehicle made contact with an uninsulated overhead electric power line.
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Truck News 23 Jan 2020
Salvage company fined after customer fatally crushed
A customer was trapped and fatally crushed at Michael Douglas Autosalvage when a lift truck he had purchased was being loaded onto his own recovery vehicle.
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Latest News 17 Jan 2020
Company fined after teacher run over by delivery van
St Andrew’s Tutorial Services has been fined after a teacher sustained serious injuries when she was struck by a delivery van.
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Latest News 6 Jan 2020
Haulage company fined after employee injured
W D Cormack and Sons, a partnership operating a haulage business, has been fined after a driver fell from a trailer.
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Truck News 27 Sep 2019
M62 drivers targeted in Operation Pennine
Highways England is joining up with six police forces, the HSE and the DVSA to reduce incidents on the M62 between Liverpool and Hull.
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Truck News 12 Sep 2019
Company fined after employee falls off lorry
A Braithwaite Engineers employee was injured when he fell from a lorry bed while unloading the lorry.
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Truck News 11 Sep 2019
Volvo fined after employee ‘crushed’ by truck
Volvo Group UK has been fined £13,000 after an employee was crushed by a truck, fracturing his spine.
