Haulage company prosecuted following work accident

10:52:00 Thursday 26th August 2010

A West-Yorkshire based haulage company has been fined after a worker was seriously injured following an accident at work, highlighting the dangers of loading workplace transport.

According to the HSE, more than 1,200 people were injured when loading or unloading vehicles in the UK last year, with millions of pounds also being lost in damaged goods.

The 49-year-old worker from Bradford was delivering panel saws to the Saw Centre in Glasgow in August 2007 when one of the saws fell off the lorry which he was unloading and hit him on the head. He has been left with permanent brain damage following the workplace incident.

The company for which he was working, Joda Freight Limited, was prosecuted at Glasgow Sheriff Court this week. The company pleaded guilty to breaching Section 2 of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and was fined £5,000.


An investigation by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) revealed that Joda Freight did not have a reliable system of communication in place to ensure their drivers were informed about the securing and stability of loads.


They were also found not to have the correct health and safety procedures in place for the type of work the company carried out. 


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