Safety Flash
Worker was injured by a forklift truck
Worker was injured by a forklift truck
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 22/17
- Line of FireVehicles and Driving
- Line of fire
- Vehicles and driving
- Exclusion zones
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Summary
A reversing forklift struck a worker, fracturing his pelvis, and his employer was prosecuted and fined. The HSE investigation identified failures to consider risks from vehicles and pedestrians sharing an area, implement a traffic management plan and install physical barriers to segregate them.
Classifications: Line of fire; struck-by hazards.
Classifications: Vehicles and driving; driving; road transport.
Classifications: Exclusion zones; red zones; restricted access zones.
Summary
A UK company was fined after prosecution by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE).
IMCA SF 22/17. Themes: line of fire, vehicles and driving.