Diving company manager fined over employee injury

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Diving company manager fined over employee injury The manager of a diving company has been given a hefty fine for health and safety breaches that led to a teenage trainee fracturing his ankle at work.

Fareham Magistrates' Court heard that the safety breaches caused a 17-year-old worker to injure himself in the workshop in Fareham.

The young man was asked by his employer to use an extension to one of the truck forks of a forklift to move a large sheet of steel.

However, the extension had not been properly secured and as the plate was being moved both it and the extension slid off the fork and fell onto the trainee.

A subsequent investigation by HSE discovered that the young man had not been trained to drive a forklift truck.

As a result of the accident, the company's manager pleaded guilty to breaching section 37(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974. He was fined a total of £2,500 and ordered to pay costs of £1,000.

HSE Inspector Tracey Cartwright said: "This case emphasises the responsibility that individual managers and staff have for the health and safety of their colleagues, particularly vulnerable young workers.

In order to reduce the risk of workplace accidents, the safety authority urges businesses to provide appropriate workwear for their employees.ADNFCR-1200-ID-19833000-ADNFCR

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