Company fined after employee hit by reversing vehicle
Tuesday 14th July 2026
A landscaping and civil engineering company has been fined £125,000 after a man was hit by a reversing vehicle.
The employee has suffered life-changing injuries after the truck reversed into hm as he was walking across the company’s site.
An investigation by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) found that the workplace had not been organised to allow pedestrians and vehicles to circulate safely. There were no clearly demarcated pedestrian routes, no instructions for drivers on safe vehicle manoeuvring, and inadequate arrangements to ensure vehicles could reverse without risk to those on foot.
The company was found guilty of breaching Section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 after a trial.