Health and Safety lost in translation: Worker loses leg

A Romanian, working as a labourer, has had to have his right leg amputated after he was hit by a 20 tonne shovel whilst working in a restricted loading shed. A lack of English language was said to have contributed to the accident.

Nicolai Danut-Puiu, was a Romanian national who understood little English and had been working as a labourer at the site for a few weeks.

The HSE said that the language barrier was a contributory factor in the accident. Danut-Puju is understood to have claime... (236 more words)

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