A Stoke firm, which designs and manufactures trailers for commercial vehicles, has been sentenced after a worker was seriously injured when he was crushed underneath a lorry when the tuck-away tail-lift closed on him.
Mark Dimmock, 28, from Stoke-on-Trent, had only been working for Don-Bur (Bodies & Trailers) Ltd for one week at the company’s site on Mossfield Road, when the incident happened on 28 June last year.
He suffered internal bleeding, two crushed vertebrae and had to undergo surgery to remove part of his bowel.
The company was prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) after an investigation found it had failed to formally plan the work, undertake a risk assessment, ensure suitable systems of work were in place or provide suitable training or instructions.
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