Possible compensation claim against quarry
A quarry operator should prepare itself in case a worker decides to seek accident compensation following a digger accident.
Humberside Aggregates and Excavations Ltd has already been fined £30,000 following a prosecution brought by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE).
Beverly Magistrates Court heard how the digger driver suffered a loss of consciousness, concussion and was hospitalised for two days after the access ramp he was driving up gave way, causing the machine to overturn and slide 16ft down a pile of sand.
Following the ruling, HSE inspector Richard Noble remarked that “this accident could have been avoided had sufficient edge protection been put in place at minimal cost, which has been the standard within the quarrying industry for many years.”
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