Accident by untrained worker caused paralysis

The importance of training staff on the proper use of machinery has been highlighted by a case in which a worker was paralysed.

SFJ Ltd, of Bangor, was fined £15,000 and ordered to pay costs of £7,500 at Caernarfon Crown Court following the incident in February 2005 in which Clive Forbes received his injuries.

Forbes was assisting with the unloading of a cement mixer from the back of a pick up truck along with supervisor Conrad Taylor. Taylor's coat caught the controls ... (637 more words)

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