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LATEST NEWS & EVENTS Manufacturer prosecuted following employee injury  Firms in the manufacturing sector are being advised to follow safe working practices after a company was taken to court following an incident that left an employee with a fractured pelvis. Hertfordshire manufacturer Benchmark Fabrication Ltd was fined after one of its workers was injured while dismantling warehouse racking in November 2010. Denis Cronin, 47, was straddling one of the racking beams when it splayed and he fell two metres onto a wooden pallet below. His pelvis was fractured in three places and he was in hospital for a week. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) revealed that the company, as was standard practice, told Mr Cronin and a colleague to use the zig-zags in the uprights of the racking as a ladder. After admitting to breaching safety regulations, the firm was fined £20,000. HSE inspector Graham Tompkins said: "Climbing warehouse racking is extremely dangerous," and added that the managers should have known this. He continued: "If they were unsure, there is plenty of advice and guidance on how to dismantle this racking safely on HSE’s own website." Unsafe working at height results in many people seeking help from an accident at work solicitor every year as it is a leading cause of workplace injuries. Posted by Paul Stevens 
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