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Powys landfill company fined £180,000 after worker loses both legs in vehicle accident (19 January 2017)
Date: 19/01/2017
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has prosecuted a Powys-based landfill company after a worker was run over and had to have both legs amputated as a result.
On 6 November 2015, an employee of Sundorne Products (Llanidloes) was walking across the yard at the Bryn Posteg Landfll site in Llanidloes, when he was hit by a large shovel loader.
The worker suffered severe injuries and needed both legs amputated at mid-thigh and was hospitalised for six months.
An investigation by the Health and Safety Executive found that the company did not have any controls in place to protect workers from the high volume of vehicles and traffic on site – and although the firm had previously identified the risk and how they could prevent workers being hit by vehicles, measures were not put in place.
At Mold Crown Court, Sundorne Products (Llanidloes) Limited – part of the Potter Group – of Henfaes Lane, Welshpool in Powys pleaded guilty to breaching Section 2 and Section 3 of the Health and Safety at Work (1974) Act.
The company was fined £180,000 and ordered to pay costs of £7,657.10.
After the hearing, HSE inspector Mhairi Duffy said:
“It is extremely important to identify how to protect your workers, but you must back this up with action.
“This worker and his family’s lives have been changed forever because Sundorne Products Ltd failed to take action and protect their workers from being run over by vehicles on the site.
“All businesses that have high volumes of vehicles on their site can learn from this case.”
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