￡1.8m fine for British Airways PLC after employee seriously injured in vehicle collision

摘要

British Airways Plc has been fined following a vehicle collision at Terminal 5 of Heathrow Airport. On 16 March 2018, an employee was struck by a tug pulling a train of dollies (vehicles used to transport baggage around the airport). She was knocked under another passing tug with dollies loaded with luggage, sustaining serious crush injuries. The HSE’s investigation found that the injured worker was using the centre of the roadway between the two lanes as a walking route and this unsafe practice had been commonplace in the baggage hall for at least ten years. Significant failings were also found in the general management of health and safety and workplace transport risks, including issues relating to supervision and monitoring, risk assessment and training.