A Middlesborough haulage company has been fined following a fatality caused by colapsing frames in a storage container.
- No Risk Assessment,
- No Control Measures,
- Ad Hoc Safe System of Work,
- Poor Lighting.
Mr James and a colleague had been standing up metal frames, each weighing approximately 120kg, within a shipping container, part of what is known as a “devanning” activity.
As the two men lifted the sixth frame, the fifth one fell back towards them, followed by the four others. Mr James was pinned by the neck between the container wall and the fallen frames. Although he was transported to James Cook University Hospital after suffering a cardiac arrest, he was sadly pronounced dead three days later.The company is also facing costs that will be determined at a later date.
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