A construction firm has been fined £34,000 after a worker was struck by a falling hydraulic breaker, leading to the amputation of his right leg below the knee.
Sheffield Magistrates’ Court heard that, on 4 February 2019, groundworkers, including the injured person, were breaking out ground on a site in Rotherham using a 13t 360 excavator with a hydraulic breaker attached to an automatic quick hitch.
The workers were digging a trench as part of work to install new drainage of the site at Arconic Forging and Extrusions, Sheffield Road, Ickles, Rotherham. The breaker became detached from the quick hitch on the excavator. The breaker fell, narrowly missing one ground worker, and landed on the injured worker’s right foot. He sustained injuries which led to amputation of his right leg below the knee.
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