A recycling firm has been fined £40,000 after an employee became trapped in a bin lorry and was crushed to death. Bin Busy Recycling pleaded guilty to breaches of the Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations and the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on 9 October. The court heard […]
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The family of a car driver who died when a concrete block fell from a lorry and smashed through his windscreen are calling for securing methods on HGVs to be tightened up.
A lorry driver was allegedly dragged from his cab on the A19 last week by the occupants of a Mercedes car before an attempt was made to assault him.
Hauliers are strongly advised to request a public inquiry if they receive ‘minded to revoke’ letters from the traffic commissioners during the current pandemic, according to a solicitor.