Auckland \u2013 A major freight distribution and logistics company in New Zealand was sentenced following an incident in which a worker was crushed to death by falling pallets that were being moved from a train wagon by forklift in September 2016.<\/p>\n
The man was standing beside the forklift. The pallets it was carrying fell and struck the worker as the driver was reversing. The victim died at the scene.<\/p>\n
An investigation into the incident found that the company did not identify the risk of a pedestrian being hit by freight falling from forklift tines and that its\u00a0system relied on administrative controls that were ambiguous and contradictory.<\/p>\n
\u201cAdministrative controls like rules and procedures are simply not enough, pedestrians need to be segregated from forklift activity,\u201d said WorkSafe Deputy General Manager, Investigations and Specialist Services, Simon Humphries.<\/p>\n
Mr. Humphries said that more should be done to protect workers and ensure their safety.<\/p>\n
\u201cFixed barriers to separate people from moving plant don\u2019t work in every workplace, but a temporary barrier and warning signage would have kept the victim outside of the dangerous area and alive.\u201d<\/p>\n
The company was fined $506,300. Reparations of $118,020.10 were ordered for emotional harm and consequential loss in addition to payments of $105,000 already provided to the family of the victim. The company was also ordered to pay costs of $6030.<\/p>\n
Author:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Haydee<\/p>\n
Source.\u00a0 \u00a0www.safetyculture.com.au<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 Company fined over forklift incident Auckland \u2013 A major freight distribution and logistics company in New Zealand was sentenced following an incident in which a worker was crushed to death by falling pallets that were being moved from a train wagon by forklift in September 2016. The man was standing beside the forklift. The pallets […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4256,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[28,16,18],"class_list":["post-3181","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-safety-news","tag-auckland","tag-forklift-safety","tag-worksafe","grve-entry-item","grve-blog-item"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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