The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has issued a warning to companies to not take safety for granted after a worker was crushed in an accident in a workshop at a car parts factory.
International Automotive Components Group in Southwick pleaded guilty to a breach of health and safety legislation at the hearing at Sunderland Magistrates' Court and were subsequently fined £3,200 and ordered to pay costs of £2,600.
The victim, Trevor Rollin, was left with multiple fractures after a tool rack collapsed on him when the accident occurred at the company's premises in Wayfarer Road, Southwick on 16th August last year.
Mr Rollin, became trapped after the rack collapsed while he was using an overhead crane to unload tools.
Risk management
The hearing heard that he suffered multiple fractures, cuts and bruises.
HSE Inspector Fiona MacNeill said: "Mr Rollin was lucky not to have been killed by the racking which overturned.
"Employers should learn a lesson from this incident - that the safety of work equipment cannot be taken for granted. Safety does not manage itself.
"Risk management is a proactive process and employers should assess and prioritise the more serious risks in their premises."
International Automotive Components Group in Southwick pleaded guilty to a breach of health and safety legislation at the hearing at Sunderland Magistrates' Court and were subsequently fined £3,200 and ordered to pay costs of £2,600.
The victim, Trevor Rollin, was left with multiple fractures after a tool rack collapsed on him when the accident occurred at the company's premises in Wayfarer Road, Southwick on 16th August last year.
Mr Rollin, became trapped after the rack collapsed while he was using an overhead crane to unload tools.
Risk management
The hearing heard that he suffered multiple fractures, cuts and bruises.
HSE Inspector Fiona MacNeill said: "Mr Rollin was lucky not to have been killed by the racking which overturned.
"Employers should learn a lesson from this incident - that the safety of work equipment cannot be taken for granted. Safety does not manage itself.
"Risk management is a proactive process and employers should assess and prioritise the more serious risks in their premises."
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