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Contractor fined after truck driven by untrained operator overturns
A. Carpenter & Sons (Builders) Ltd of the Isle of Wight has been ordered to pay almost £13k in fines and prosecution costs following an incident in which a skip-loading dumper overturned. The operator had not been trained to drive the truck and a full risk assessment had not been carried out. The driver suffered sprained ligaments and injuries to his left knee.
Joanna Woodcock, HSE inspector, said: ” this particular dumper was a small, narrow skip loader, which are typically less stable and contractors must ensure untrained operators do not use it. In this incident an untrained driver, a slippery slope and an awkward route resulted in the dumper overturning. It was a matter of luck than nobody was killed.”