Engineer pinned to ground under bus

摘要

Workers at a bus depot in Essex used unsuitable lifting equipment when working underneath vehicles, despite the correct equipment being available at the site. Westminster Magistrates' Court heard that a mechanical engineer suffered serious injuries while working underneath a bus at The Original London Sightseeing Tour Ltd's depot at Ferry Lane, Rainham. On 21 October 2009, the 58-year-old engineer, who wishes to remain anonymous, was resetting an air bag on an open-top double-decker bus. He used column vehicle lifts to raise the bus' front and rear axles, and used wooden blocks to lift the tag axle. One of his colleagues was assisting him by raising and lowering the bus using the vehicle lift control on the engineer's instruction.