Articles on Working Safely, News of Injury & Illness and Useful Information
Rail Worker Crushed to Death Whilst Cleaning Machine
Posted: 18/08/2023
In late November 2020, Kevin Mauger was crushed to death whilst maintaining a machine at Network Rail’s Long Welded Rail Depot around Eastleigh – near Southampton. Mauger’s task was to clean the interior of a butt-welder. A butt-welder is takes two sections of rail track and welds them together. Whilst under the impression the machine […]
Unnecessary Workplace Practice Sees an Employee’s Fingers Severed by a Bandsaw
Posted: 07/09/2022
An employee who replaced and lubricated a bandsaw – a totally unnecessary practice – has had his fingers severed in an accident at work. The worker had replaced the blade of the saw after it had begun to squeal and emit smoke. Whilst applying the lubricant to the new blade with a cardboard tube of […]
Driver Crushed By Vehicle At Work Suffers Severe Damage To Arm
Posted: 19/08/2022
During October 2019, an employee of Stagecoach Devon Ltd was crushed by a vehicle in his depot. A culture of complacency cost the man usage of his arm. It had become custom for drivers to reverse without a banksman or rely on other, untrained drivers. Buses would reverse out of the depot to become ready […]
Farmer’s 4-Year-Old Nephew Killed in Fatal Telehandler Accident
Posted: 10/08/2022
Brian Nutter has received a suspended prison sentenced after a preventable telehandler accident killed his young nephew on the family farm. The workplace accident took place in 2019 and involved the young boy – Harry – riding on the footplate of a telehandler. As Brian Nutter turned the vehicle in the field, Harry fell from […]
Hermes Depot Worker Dies from Crushing Injury Sustained by two Trailers
Posted: 26/07/2022
In March 2019, a night shift employee of Hermes’ Motherwell depot was killed after a crushing injury. The accident was caused by being stuck between two loaded trailers, one of which was moving. David Kennedy was crushed in the chest, which lead to a collapsed lung, several fractured ribs, and other serious internal injuries. These […]
