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Company fined £26,000 after contractor injured in a fall from height
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<blockquote data-quote="Agriland RSS" data-source="post: 8191890" data-attributes="member: 105608"><p>Written by William Kellett from Agriland</p><p></p><p style="text-align: right"><img src="https://s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/cdn.agriland.co.uk/uploads/2022/04/court-judge-640x360.jpg" alt="company" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>A manufacturing company has been fined after a contractor sustained injuries whilst working on the top of a machine.</p><p></p><p>Manchester Magistrates’ <a href="https://www.agriland.co.uk/farming-news/tag/court/" target="_blank">Court</a> heard that, on July 30, 2020, a contractor for Manufax Engineering Limited was working on top of the Correa machine which had an access gantry to reach the top.</p><p></p><p>However, the maintenance task he was carrying out meant he had to step outside of the gantry to reach a particular part of the machine.</p><p></p><p>Whilst outside the gantry he lost his balance and fell. As he fell, he tried to grab the top of the machine but failed and fell 3.9m resulting in a fractured right elbow, two fractured ribs and two pelvis fractures.</p><p></p><p>An investigation by the Health and Safety Executive (<a href="https://www.hse.gov.uk/" target="_blank">HSE</a>) found that the company had no safe system of work for the task that was being carried out, there was a lack of supervision and no formal monitoring system in place to ensure that employees and contractors were working safely on site.</p><p></p><p>The task was not planned, supervised, or carried out in a safe manner.</p><p></p><p>Manufax Engineering Limited of Cromer Street in Stockport, pleaded guilty to breaching Section 3 (1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 and was fined £26,000 and ordered to pay costs of £3,205.42.</p><p></p><p>HSE inspector, Stephanie Simcock, said after the hearing:</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>“Falls from height remain one of the most common causes of work-related injury and fatality in this country and the risks associated with working at height are well known.”</p><p></p><p>The post <a href="https://www.agriland.co.uk/farming-news/company-fined-26000-after-contractor-injured-in-a-fall-from-height/" target="_blank">Company fined £26,000 after contractor injured in a fall from height</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.agriland.co.uk" target="_blank">Agriland.co.uk</a>.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.agriland.co.uk/farming-news/company-fined-26000-after-contractor-injured-in-a-fall-from-height/" target="_blank">Continue reading on the Agriland Website...</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Agriland RSS, post: 8191890, member: 105608"] Written by William Kellett from Agriland [RIGHT][IMG alt="company"]https://s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/cdn.agriland.co.uk/uploads/2022/04/court-judge-640x360.jpg[/IMG][/RIGHT] A manufacturing company has been fined after a contractor sustained injuries whilst working on the top of a machine. Manchester Magistrates’ [URL='https://www.agriland.co.uk/farming-news/tag/court/']Court[/URL] heard that, on July 30, 2020, a contractor for Manufax Engineering Limited was working on top of the Correa machine which had an access gantry to reach the top. However, the maintenance task he was carrying out meant he had to step outside of the gantry to reach a particular part of the machine. Whilst outside the gantry he lost his balance and fell. As he fell, he tried to grab the top of the machine but failed and fell 3.9m resulting in a fractured right elbow, two fractured ribs and two pelvis fractures. An investigation by the Health and Safety Executive ([URL='https://www.hse.gov.uk/']HSE[/URL]) found that the company had no safe system of work for the task that was being carried out, there was a lack of supervision and no formal monitoring system in place to ensure that employees and contractors were working safely on site. The task was not planned, supervised, or carried out in a safe manner. Manufax Engineering Limited of Cromer Street in Stockport, pleaded guilty to breaching Section 3 (1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 and was fined £26,000 and ordered to pay costs of £3,205.42. HSE inspector, Stephanie Simcock, said after the hearing: “Falls from height remain one of the most common causes of work-related injury and fatality in this country and the risks associated with working at height are well known.” The post [URL='https://www.agriland.co.uk/farming-news/company-fined-26000-after-contractor-injured-in-a-fall-from-height/']Company fined £26,000 after contractor injured in a fall from height[/URL] appeared first on [URL='https://www.agriland.co.uk']Agriland.co.uk[/URL]. [url="https://www.agriland.co.uk/farming-news/company-fined-26000-after-contractor-injured-in-a-fall-from-height/"]Continue reading on the Agriland Website...[/url] [/QUOTE]
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