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Logistics company fined after driver suffers

serious injuries
A Slough-based logistics company has been fined after a driver was struck by a reversing vehicle
when he was carrying out a pre-use check on his vehicle.

Reading Crown Court heard how, on 15 December 2015, an employee of PCL Transport 24/7
Limited was injured at a dairy in Aylesbury. The injured person was struck by a reversing vehicle
while he was carrying out a pre-use check on his lorry.

An investigation by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) found that safety controls, principally the
use of an allocated pre-use vehicle check area, were not being followed by the company’s lorry
drivers.

PCL Transport 24/7 Limited of Leigh Road, Slough pleaded guilty to breaching Regulation 17 of
Workplace (Health, Safety & Welfare) Regulations and has been fined £150,000 and ordered to pay
costs of £17,649.27 and a victim surcharge of £120.

Speaking after the hearing, HSE inspector Stephen Faulkner said: “Being struck by vehicles is still
one of the highest causes of workplace fatal accidents.

“Employers should ensure that where vehicles and pedestrians use the same areas, there is
sufficient separation between them.”

Notes to Editors:
1. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) [1] is Britain's national regulator for workplace health
and safety. We seek to prevent work-related death, injury and ill health through regulatory
actions that range from influencing behaviours across whole industry sectors through to
targeted interventions on individual businesses. These activities are supported by globally
recognised scientific expertise.

2. Further information is available about the legislation referred to in this case [2].

3. Latest HSE press releases [3].

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1. Health and Safety Executive (HSE)

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2. legislation referred to in this case

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/2306/contents/made
3. Latest HSE press releases
http://press.hse.gov.uk/

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