Reaction to fathers fatel accident for compensation
A family have spoken out about the fatal work accident that led to the death of the father. The man who was in his late forties at the time of the incident worked in an industrial environment. He was working with a manually controlled machine, which crushed him to death while he was working with it.
A report into the work accident was produced and it found that there were a range of breaches to the man’s working procedures, which led to the incident that happened in May 2008.
It was said that there were no regulations in writing to show how the machinery should be used and in addition to this; the man had not been given any formal training for using the machines. Moreover the machine being has been reported as faulty by the other employees, but the organisation did nothing to rectify the equipment.
The man daughter spoke about her father’s fatal work accident and the effects that it had had on the family after the case was taken to court.
A devastating loss for the family
She said: "On that morning my father went to work as he had done every day for over 33 years. He never came home that night. At the age of 49 he was crushed to death at work. To have lost your father in this way is devastating. As a family we are still coming to terms with his death.
She also stated that the family believed the man’s working environment was not suitable or safe for employees. She said:
“The inquest has made clear that there were shortcomings by my father's employers, Bezier. Without a doubt his death was entirely preventable.
“It is now clear, as we always suspected that inadequate steps were taken following the death, 13 months prior to my father's of another man also on a hand fed platen machine at another company.”
The woman concluded by saying: “If our father's horrific death is going to bring any good it must be that lessons really are learned and no other family has to go through what we have been through."
No evidence of machine training
The regional secretary of the Unite trade union said: “There were safety issues at Bezier. We must ensure that no one in the future should be fatally injured in this way as a result of lack of training or instruction, for the sake of his family and for all his former colleagues.”
The no win no fee personal injury lawyer, who represents the man’s family, said: “The jury was asked questions by the coroner about the circumstances of this man’s death.”He also added: The answers reveal that although he had 30 years of experience in the print industry, there was no evidence that he had training in the operation of the machine in which he was killed or misfeeds.”
In conclusion hesaid: “The jury’s responses show that this was a needless death of a hardworking family man. [The man’s employer] Bezier have to face the family and should face the full force of health and safety laws.”
Source: http://www.garforthtoday.co.uk/50/West-Yorkshire-printer-crushed-by.6637674.jp
Updated on 12/1/2010