The tipper truck fell approximately two metres and landed on the driver\u2019s side. The man behind the wheel suffered a broken nose, cut hand, and a shoulder injury.<\/p>\n
HSE inspectors visited the site after the incident and found that there were no signs on the haulage routes being used. They also identified that there was no edge protection in place to prevent vehicles going over the edge of the ramp, and that excavations adjacent to some of the vehicle routes had unsupported, vertical faces which were at risk of collapse.<\/p>\n
The incident occurred in an area where SCS Railways was building a cut and cover tunnel.<\/p>\n SCS Railways had contracted another company \u2013 ACE Grab Hire and Haulage Limited (ACE) \u2013 to transport excavation material via 20-tonne tipper trucks to an area under the control of another joint venture working on HS2, Align JV. \u00a0ACE drivers had been operating at the site for about two weeks by the time the incident occurred.<\/p>\n The subsequent HSE investigation found that on the morning of the incident, the SCS earthworks team changed their working area after an Align JV representative found the original material could not be used.<\/p>\n This meant moving the excavator\u2019s loading position and creating a new traffic route \u2013 but the change inadvertently left an unprotected edge on the bank above.<\/p>\n When the first ACE tipper truck driver used the higher-level bank instead of the intended new route, his vehicle slipped on the ramp. The next ACE driver followed the same path \u2013 and his vehicle veered off the edge of the bank.<\/p>\n SCS Railways pleaded guilty to safety charges and was fined \u00a3400,000 and ordered to pay costs of \u00a38,974 at Uxbridge Magistrates\u2019 Court.<\/p>\n HSE Inspector Gordon Carson said: \u201cSCS had detailed procedures in place for much of the work at the site, including temporary works schemes for excavations.<\/p>\n \u201cHowever, its failure to properly plan and promptly communicate changes in vehicle routes created unsafe conditions for the drivers of tipper trucks.<\/p>\n \u201cThe consequences of this could have been even more serious than they were for the driver involved in this incident.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n
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