Keywords: forklift driver, crushed to death, lone workers, unsafe loads,
Lack of procedure led to bale fatality
Prosecutions and Claims |
01.04.2007
A forklift driver was crushed to death because his employer left workers to their own devices to identify and deal with unsafe loads. John Rowland died after a half-tonne bale of plastic fell on him as he helped unload a trailer.
Rowland was working at the Runcorn, Cheshi ...
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