HSE | A road haulage company in Nuneaton has been fined £90,000 after a metal heat exchanger fell from its lorry killing a cyclist.
An HGV operated by JW Morley Transport Ltd overturned a heat exchanger weighing over 10,000 kg on College Street, Nuneaton, on 18 June 2021 when a securing strap snapped. The load shift caused a heat exchanger to fall, killing 70-year-old cyclist Christopher Baker.
HSE found the load was inadequately secured and the ratchet straps were in poor condition. The lorry should not have been on public roads with such an unsecured load, and proper framing, multiple straps and friction matting would have prevented the incident. JW Morley pleaded guilty to breaching Section 3(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 and was fined £90,000 plus £8,047.55 costs.
