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Hermes admits breaching safety laws after employee crushed to death at Scots sorting centre
24.05.2022 - 06:57 / dailyrecord.co.uk
Delivery firm Hermes have admitted breaching health and safety laws after an employee was crushed to death at a parcel sorting centre.
David Kennedy, 43, was working at the firm's depot at Eurocentral near Motherwell, Lanarkshire, when the horror incident took place.
He was being trained by a colleague on how to operate a trailer mover.
But Kennedy, who had worked for the firm for 20 years, was pinned against a stationary HGV after one trailer slipped off the machine.
An 'anti-track' device failed to work which would have stopped the trailer unit immediately.
Emergency services raced to the scene in March 2019 and he was rushed to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow where he later died from his injuries.
An investigation led to criminal proceedings being brought against the firm after it emerged safety procedures had not been followed.
A court was told the company had carried out a 'root and branch' review of safety procedures following the fatal accident and had stopped using trailer movers.
Bosses also implemented weekly inspections of their depots rather than once every four months and employed more health and safety staff.
First offenders Hermes Parcelnet Ltd appeared at Hamilton Sheriff Court and admitted breaching health and safety laws at the depot between August 2018 and March 2019.
They pled guilty to failing to ensure the safety of employees and failing to provide a system of work which was 'reasonably' practical, safe and without risks.
The firm also accepted failure to ensure that those training other employees to use the trailer mover gave 'adequate' information, instruction and supervision as well as not ensuring pedestrians and vehicles could move in a safe manner.
Other staff at the depot told
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