Operator fined after worker falls from forklift in unsafe operation

摘要

Cheese manufacturer Joseph Heler has been fined £8,000 after a worker injured his leg and ankle when he fell from the forks of a forklift truck during an unsafe loading operation. In a Health and Safety Executive (HSE) prosecution, Chester Magistrates' Court heard how the injured worker, a 53-year-old from Crewe who does not want to be named, had been helping to load cheese onto a wagon at the firm's plant in Hatherton, near Nantwich, Cheshire, in July 2012. The man was being lifted up to the lorry, with one foot on each prong on the forklift, when the forks hit the back of the vehicle and jolted. He fell about a metre to the ground, suffering cuts to his left leg and multiple fractures to his ankle.