A Scottish company is fined £50,000 after a worker dies following an ejection from a scissor lift. Steven Tervit, 32, was carrying out work at a specialist technology centre in Renfrew on 9 November 2023. Accounts describe him being catapulted or ejected from the scissor lift during a dismantling operation and landing on the workshop floor. He suffered a traumatic brain injury and other injuries, and he dies the following day, on 10 November 2023. The reports say the firm involved was fined £50,000 in connection with the incident. One account includes that Tervit’s family expresses strong concern about the fine level. The available coverage focuses on the circumstances of the incident, the injuries sustained, and the employer’s penalty, without providing additional technical details about why the ejection occurred or what specific breaches were found.
Company fined £50,000 after worker dies following ejection from scissor lift
A Scottish company is fined £50,000 after a worker dies following an ejection from a scissor lift. Steven Tervit, 32, was carrying out work at a specialist technology centre in Renfrew on 9 November 2...
- Steven Tervit, 32, dies after being ejected from a scissor lift at a specialist technology centre in Renfrew.
- The incident occurs on 9 November 2023 during work described as a dismantling operation.
- Tervit suffers a traumatic brain injury and other injuries and dies on 10 November 2023.
- A company is fined £50,000 in connection with the death.
- Several outlets describe him landing on the workshop floor after the lift-related ejection.
Steven Tervit, 32, died after he was ejected from a scissor lift and onto a workshop floor on November 9, 2023.
1 month agoSteven Tervit, 32, was catapulted from a scissor lift at a specialist technology centre in Renfrew on November 9, 2023. He suffered a traumatic brain injury among other injuries and sadly died the following day
1 month agoSteven Tervit, 32, had been carrying out a dismantling operation at a specialist technology centre in Renfrew when the horror accident took place on November 9, 2023.
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