Waste firm fined £260K after worker crushed in horror London accident
HSE say man 'lucky to be alive' after being caught in machine mistakenly turned on during maintenance work Grzegorz Poreba, an employee at Cappagh Public Works Limited, was severely injured after becoming trapped between a conveyor and a metal bridge at a work site in Wimbledon, London, on September 11, 2020. He required 23 screws and two plates inside his body during surgery and has not been able to return to work since. The accident left him with multiple injuries and required extensive medical attention. Following a hearing, HSE inspector Pippa Knott warned of potential action against companies that fail to complete maintenance work safely.
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Grzegorz Poreba, an employee at Cappagh Public Works Limited, was left severely injured after he became trapped between a conveyor and a metal bridge at the work site on Riverside Road in Wimbledon on September 11, 2020.
He suffered multiple injuries and required 23 screws and two plates inside his body during surgery. He has not been able to return to work since.
“It has been very hard. If I could turn back time, I could only wish that the accident had never happened. The doctors have been trying to regain my physical and mental health.
After the hearing, HSE inspector Pippa Knott said: “The fine imposed should underline to everyone in the waste industry that the courts, and HSE, take a failure to ensure that maintenance work is completed safely extremely seriously.
“We will not hesitate to take action against companies which do not do all that they should to keep people safe.”