A COMPANY operating in Preston Brook, Runcorn has been fined £10,000 after a worker was seriously injured when he fell down an unguarded and unlit stairwell.
TDG UK Ltd, based in Grosvenor Place, London, was also ordered to pay £2,400 costs, after pleading guilty at Halton Magistrates Court to breaching Section 2 (1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974.
On November 30, 2007, a driver arrived for work at the company’s site and was sent to collect a trailer from the nearby Acton Grange site.
After reversing his cab on to the trailer, he was checking the vehicle when he fell down an unguarded and unlit stairwell. He underwent surgery to repair lung damage and was off work for 10 weeks.
