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Joda Freight fined £5k over brain damage accident
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rager.brownOrhi.co.uk JODA FREIGHT HAS been fined £5,000 after one of its drivers suffered brain damage when he was struck on the head by a 290kg panel saw.
A hearing at Glasgow Sheriff Court was told how Joda employee Nicholas Holmes. 49, from Bradford, was delivering panel saws to the Saw Centre in Eglin ton Street. Glasgow, in August 2007 when one fell off the vehicle, hitting him on the head. Holmes was left with permanent brain damage as a result of the incident.
A Health and Safety Executive (USE) investigation found that Joda, based in Keighley, West Yorkshire. did not have a reliable system of communication in place to make sure its drivers were informed about the securing and stability of loads.
When Holmes removed the straps that were securing the saws, the load became unstable, causing the incident.
Joda Freight pleaded guilty to breaching Section 2 of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974.
Jean Edgar, I ISE inspector, says suppliers, hauliers and recipients must always co-operate and ensure their drivers are "trained to assess delivery and collection risks" and "reduce them as far as possible".
She adds: "Haulage companies must make sure inlOrmation is properly communicated between drivers in how a load is secured and strapped. Verbal messages through a third party may not be enough.
"This is particularly important where the delivery driver did not load the vehicle — and has little information on the precise strapping method used to secure it."
Joda was unavailable to comment.