A liquidated waste management company has been fined £1 after a 24-year-old man lost both his legs when he was crushed by a 15-tonne excavator.
The man was working for R W Waste Limited at its yard in Hampshire when the excavator reversed over him as he was sorting waste. Both of the man’s lower legs were later amputated, and he has been unable to return to work since the accident.
An investigation by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) found that R W Waste Ltd failed to protect workers and other visitors to the site.
The company had not put in place suitable arrangements to keep pedestrians safe while vehicles were moving around the yard. Health and safety legislation requires workplaces to be organised so that…