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Hovington Limited, an expert in foundation engineering and civil engineering, was fined 34,000 pounds after a worker lost his leg below the knee.
The victim was hit by a falling factory machinery while working on a construction site in Rotherham.
The Sheffield Magistrate’s Court was informed that on February 4, 2019, ground crews including the wounded were using a 13-ton 360 excavator to dig the ground. The hydraulic breaker was connected to an automatic quick hook as a part of the trench project for the installation of the new drainage system. Part.
The breaker fell off the quick hook of the excavator. The breaker fell, almost hit a ground worker, and then landed on the injured worker's right foot. He was injured and his right leg below the knee was amputated.
An HSE investigation found that the company failed to ensure safe working methods when working near the excavator, did not have a clear separation between people and the factory, and did not use the person in charge of the vehicle factory to ensure that the machine was working when pedestrians entered the excavator. The district was previously quarantined.
The company also did not set up a dedicated bucket replacement area to replace accessories to minimize the risk of accessories falling onto pedestrians.
Hovington Limited of Rochdale pleaded guilty to breaching safety regulations and was fined £34,000 and ordered to pay a fee of £1,935.84.
After the hearing, HSE inspector Trisha Elvy said: “This incident can easily lead to death and can be avoided by simply adopting correct control measures and safe work practices.
"There should be a suitable and clear safe work system so that people who need to work near the excavator can work safely."
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