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Third inquiry in three years
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A TEESSIDE skip operator has escaped with a short 0-licence suspension after his third public inquiry in three years over maintenance problems.
Middlesbrough-based Malcolm Nee, trading as Skipfreight. had been called before North-Eastern Deputy Traffic Commissioner Elizabeth Perrett at a Leeds disciplinary inquiry.
Nee had appeared at previous disciplinary inquiries in February 2005 and July 2006; as a result the TC suspended his 0-licence for four days.
Vehicle examiner Anthony Kingston made an unannounced maintenance investigation in May 2007 following the issue of an S-marked, delayed prohibition in April.Two vehicles were examined and given immediate prohibitions: one for loose wheel nuts, the other for defective tyres. When the latter was presented for clearance it was given a variation and refusal-to-clear notice for brake defects.
Since the investigation one vehicle had been given an immediate prohibition for an under-inflated tyre, another an immediate prohibition for a brake defect.
TheTC still had concerns about vehicle maintenance and the standard of inspection. and felt the company's semi-skilled titter should undertake formal training.
Nee said the vehicles were checked as they left landfill sites. Three drivers had been dismissed for failing to complete defect reports properly. and he undertook to put the fitter through intensive training.