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Latest News11 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.
Latest News25 Nov 2020HSE 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.
Latest News21 May 2020HSE 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.
Truck News30 Jan 2020Company 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.
Truck News23 Jan 2020Salvage 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.
- Latest News17 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.
Latest News6 Jan 2020Haulage 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.
- Truck News12 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.
- Truck News11 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.
- Truck News26 Jun 2019
Company fined after lorry kills worker
Camgrain Stores has been fined for health and safety failings after an employee was killed by a truck.
- People News4 Mar 2019
Company fined £60k after driver seriously-injured
H & M Distribution has been fined £60,000 after a delivery driver sustained serious, life-changing injuries while working in Cheltenham.
- Truck News28 Jan 2019
PCL Transport 24/7 fined after driver injured
PCL Transport 24/7 has been fined after a driver was struck by a reversing vehicle when he was carrying out a pre-use check on his vehicle.
- Truck News28 Jan 2019
Veolia fined £1m following death of worker
Refuse collection company, Veolia ES (UK), has been fined £1 million after a worker was run over and killed.
- Truck News5 Dec 2018
Sirius Remediation fined after driver fatally injured
A contracting firm has been fined £45,000 after a driver died when his wagon overturned.
- Truck News26 Nov 2018
Logistics company fined after driver suffers crush injuries
A logistics company has been fined £84,000 after a driver was crushed by a full pallet when his lorry was being unloaded.
- Truck News12 Oct 2018
Company fined £60,000 after vehicles collide
Glossop-based Carpenter, which makes underlay and soft furnishings, has been fined after a visiting tanker collided with a fork lift truck.
- Truck News16 Aug 2018
Transport company fined after driver loses arm
A driver for transportation and storage company H Walton suffered injuries leading to the loss of his left arm when making a delivery.
- Truck News3 Jul 2018
Timber yard fined £730,000 after workers struck by vehicle
Palmer Timber has been fined after two workers were seriously injured when they were struck by a side loader lift truck.
- Truck News25 Jun 2018
Construction company fined by HSE over fleet maintenance
Construction company fined by HSE over fleet maintenance
- Truck News29 May 2018
Fine after haulage contractor killed by power line
The partners of a Suffolk-based farm have been sentenced after a haulage contractor was killed by an overhead power line strike.
