Construction boss fined for poorly-planned lifting op

摘要

A partner in a construction firm has admitted failing to protect employees after a subcontractor was run over by a telehandler. John Handley, a partner in J&C Handley, was contracted to build a number of houses at Slalom Run, in Carlton, Nottinghamshire. On 2 July 2009, a consignment of breeze blocks was delivered to the site and Handley decided to use a telehandler to transport the delivery across the site. Because the blocks were banded together in such a way that a telehandler with forks could not pick them up Handley attached a hydraulic grabber to the vehicle. However, this meant the load swayed as it was being transported, so he asked sub-contractor David Cotterill to walk alongside the vehicle to steady the load with his hands.