A garden landscaping company has been fined £600,000 after an employee died while loading a lorry.
Brian White, 59, was working for East Yorkshire firm Kelkay Limited when he was operating a forklift truck at the company’s site on Heck and Pollington Lane, Pollington, on 15 June 2020.
Brian was fatally injured when the lorry he was loading was moved by the driver, pulling the forklift truck over and trapping him underneath.
Investigating, the HSE found Kelkay Limited’s risk assessment failed to take into account the possibility of lorries moving while they are being loaded. The HSE also found that the systems of work provided for ensuring that vehicles were not moved during loading activities were inadequate.
Kelkay Limited, of Heck And Pollington Lane, Pollington, East Yorkshire, was found guilty of breaching Section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974. The company was fined £600,000 and ordered to pay £20,848.71 in costs.