Fines dished out after worker injures foot in accident at workRSS Feed

A building firm and a contractor have been fined after a worker injured his foot in an accident at work.

The 36-year-old was employed by Stephen Ramsey, trading as Up & Cover and had been subcontracted by Waddington Buildings Limited to carry out steel erection work and cladding on a new farm building at Brierton North Farm, Billingham.

He was standing on a pallet fitted to a fork attachment of a tractor, which was approximately four and a half metres off the ground.

The tractor was being operated by Stephen Ramsey when it unexpectedly moved, and the worker lost his balance and fell to the ground, smashing his left heel and fracturing his right ankle.

He spent 15 days in hospital following the accident at work, and treatment is still ongoing.

Health and Safety Executive inspector Natalie Wright said: "There are many well known methods of fall prevention that would have been reasonably practicable to use in this situation, such as a mobile elevated working platform."

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Posted by M E Dixon
 

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