Keywords: forklift, handbrake, training, site vehicles, risk assessment,

Director fined for forklift fatality

Prosecutions and Claims |
01.11.2006

A fatal accident in which a yard manager was run over by a fork-lift truck with no handbrake has ended with the conviction of both her boss and his company.

Paula Eldred worked for Tony Cook garden and agricultural supplies centre in Burstwick in Hull , Yorkshire. On 5 August 2005 she was ...

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