Keywords: forklift, fork-lift truck, IP Pontefract, Pontefract, Geoff Fletcher, HSE, Leeds Crown Court,

Employee crushed by forklift load

Prosecutions and Claims |
03.06.2008

A firm has been fined £50,000 over the death of a 60-year-old employee who was crushed by a load falling from a fork-lift truck.

The accident happened in January 2005 at Uxbridge-based IP Pontefract's site in Pontefract.

The truck's driver had performed an emergency stop to avoi ...

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