Employee injures another while undertaking task he wasn’t trained for

A recent prosecution highlights how important it is for businesses to ensure that they have adequate training and supervision in place for staff involved in unfamiliar tasks.

On 10 February 2006 Christopher Bird, an employee of Tex Industrial Plastics Ltd, suffered substantial injuries including fractures to both legs, pelvis, collar bone and jaw, after a printer, which was being moved on the forks of a lift truck, fell on him when the driver reversed up a slope.

HSE Inspector Melvin Sa... (351 more words)

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