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Normandy:

Is this the incident at the Recresco glass-recycling plant at Ellesmere Port in Cheshire? If so, do you have any additional information? The reports on this side of the pond are very limited?

The 25 year old man was supposedly working through a local agency (job temp). It was his first day on the job. He was crushed by a forklift that overturned. The reports do not state if he was operating the forklift or working alongside the forklift.

The Cheshire Constabulary and the Health Safety Executive (HSE) are reportedly still investigating.

Lack of proper safety training will most likely factor into the causation.

Until the occupational health and safety governmental enforcement agencies throughout the world take forklift training for operators, managers/supervisors, and pedestrians seriously, similar incidents will continue to occur.
  • Posted 30 Apr 2010 04:48
  • Modified 30 Apr 2010 05:00 by poster
  • By joseph_h
  • joined 19 Mar'06 - 253 messages
  • Michigan, United States

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