Articles On: Fatal Accidents at Work
Rail Worker Crushed to Death Whilst Cleaning Machine
Posted: 18 August 2023
Posted in: Contact with Moving Machinery, Fatal Accidents at Work, Transport & Storage
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 was safe to clean, a section of track was shifted into the machine with Mauger inside. He was crushed to death by six tons of rail track. The conveyor system of the machine was on…
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Farmer’s 4-Year-Old Nephew Killed in Fatal Telehandler Accident
Posted: 10 August 2022
Posted in: Agriculture, Forestry & Fishing, Fatal Accidents at Work, North West England, Workplace Accidents Resulting in Injury
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 his position. He was crushed to death under the wheels of the telehandler. HSE’s investigation into the telehandler accident that claimed Harry’s life found a lack of safety measures that were supposed to prevent an…
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Hermes Depot Worker Dies from Crushing Injury Sustained by two Trailers
Posted: 26 July 2022
Posted in: Fatal Accidents at Work, Scotland, Struck by Moving Objects, Transport & Storage
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 chest injuries combined caused Kennedy to lose his life. The fatal accident occurred as Kennedy was moving the loaded trailer backwards through the depot. He was crushed between the arm of the trailer he was…
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Death and Fatal Accident at Work Compensation
Posted in: Fatal Accidents at Work, Workplace Personal Injury
If a Fatal Accident at work has killed a close family member of yours, you need a legal team who will give you the friendly support required. As well as bringing those responsible to justice with the full force of the law. If you’ve lost a loved one to a fatal workplace accident, we can help you claim. Our workplace personal injury experts will tirelessly pursue damages for your family to make life without them that much more bearable. Contact us on 08082391859^ to get a free claim assessment and…
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Employee Found Fatally Injured by Side Loading Forklift Truck
Posted: 13 April 2022
Posted in: Contact with Moving Machinery, Fatal Accidents at Work, Manufacturing, Workplace Accidents Resulting in Injury, Workplace Personal Injury
A manufacturing company, Cutting Edge Trading Ltd, has been fined after their employee, Mitchell Poutney, was fatally injured when a forklift truck crushed him. An HSE investigation into the fatal injury caused by workplace machinery found that the forks which crushed Poutney were unsupported. They also observed that there was no safe working system in place for unloading pallets from the side-loader forklift truck. Meaning, other employees could potentially suffer from similar accidents at work. As Poutney had been working underneath when the loaded goods caused the forklift truck’s carriage…
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