Company prosecuted following a workers fall from height
A worker suffered serious injuries after falling from a machine whilst oiling chains - 12th June 2009
A company has been fined after an employee suffered
injuries
at work whilst maintaining machinery when he had
a fall
from height.
The 53-year-old mans
accident at work happened on the 17th July 2008
at his companies premises in Ringstead.
He was oiling chains on a pallet stacking machine,
when he fell
from a height of around six feet suffering a
punctured lung and bruised ribs.
His employer, Dobson and Horrell Ltd of Kettering,
pleaded guilty at Kettering Magistrates Court to
breaching Regulation 3(1) (a) of the Management of
Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 which
states that: "Every employer shall make a suitable
and sufficient assessment of the risks to the health
and safety of his employees to which they are
exposed whilst they are at work."
They were fined £2,000 and ordered to pay a further
£2,255 in costs.
The prosecuting
Health and Safety Executive (HSE) Inspector
said: "The risks of working at height always need to
be fully assessed as every month 1,000 workers
suffer a serious injury following a
slip, trip or a fall in the
workplace."
