Carl Platt recently visited our UK Building Products plant at Wick to personally review a recent TRI where Paul Whiteford broke two bones in his hand.

He met with Paul and Craig Tilton and went to the specific part of the plant where the accident happened.  He went through events leading up to the accident, what the root cause was and how we can improve it.

Paul and Craig were open and honest, and it transpired that the bed was marked out incorrectly. In addition, the activity where Paul fell was an unusual one (Craig hadn’t seen this in his four years with us). A key reminder for us all that the one off/uncommon tasks need checking and double checking before carrying out.

Paul (as the injured party) has played a key part in the investigation which is brilliant, and many improvements are being made to stop the need to climb on the beds.