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HSE says that finns using forklifts must assess risks
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Birthday honour for FTAs Turner
RICHARD TURNER, chief executive of the Freight Transport Association (FTA), has been made an OBE for services to transport in the Queen's Birthday Honours.
Turner, who joined the FTA in 1973, has been chief executive since 2001 and will retire from the ETA at the end of the month. THE HEALTH AND Safety Executive (HSE) says companies operating forklift trucks must use risk assessments to evaluate danger, after a Berwick-based firm was fined /20,000 when a driver was paralysed in an incident.
Privately owned family business Silvery Tweed Cereals was also ordered to pay more than .E5,000 in costs after it pleaded guilty to breaching the Health and Safety at Work Act and the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations.
In June 2006,29-year-old Steven Rogers was pinned to the ground when a downgrade bin fell from the forks of his forklift as he attempted to empty it. He was left permanently paralysed.
Berwick-upon-Tweed Magistrate's Court was told Silvery Tweed Cereals had neither ensured the load was adequately secured nor made a suitable risk assessment. Also, it did not ensure that all its operators received adequate forklift truck training.
USE inspector Martin Baillie says: "Forklift trucks were responsible for just under 2,000 reportable incidents last year, including seven deaths. They are a danger to their operators and to other people in the vicinity if not operated with great care.
"Employers must ensure they assess the risks involved in any use of these vehicles and take appropriate steps to counter those risks.
They must also provide adequate health and safety training for any employees operating forklift trucks."
Silvery Tweed Cereals was not willing to comment.