一家英国包装公司在一名工人在危险举动中一台4.5吨重的机器坠落时失去视力和听力后,罚款433 333英镑。 A UK packaging firm fined £433,333 after a worker lost his sight and hearing when a 4.5-ton machine fell during a risky move.

一家英国包装公司在工人Matthew King(39岁)于2023年10月31日受伤后被罚款433 333英镑。 2023年10月31日,一台4.5吨重的机器在东Kilbride设施计划不周的搬迁过程中坠落在他身上。 A UK packaging company was fined £433,333 after a worker, Matthew King, 39, suffered life-altering injuries on October 31, 2023, when a 4.5-ton machine fell on him during a poorly planned relocation at its East Kilbride facility. 卫生与安全执行官发现,该公司未能适当评估负荷,缺乏安全的工作系统,使用了简易方法,已经两次失败。 The Health and Safety Executive found the company failed to properly assess the load, lacked a safe system of work, and used an improvised method that had already failed twice. King头骨骨折、长期视力和听力丧失、面部麻痹和其他严重受伤,需要多次手术和持续护理。 King sustained a skull fracture, permanent vision and hearing loss, facial palsy, and other severe injuries, requiring multiple surgeries and ongoing care. 该公司现为Smurfit Westrock的一部分，承认违反举重规定，并被要求支付32,500英镑的受害者附加费。 The company, now part of Smurfit Westrock, pleaded guilty to breaching lifting regulations and was also ordered to pay a £32,500 victim surcharge.