Tyre firm fined £600,000 after 21-year-old crushed when truck he was repairing slipped off its jack
Niall Fawcett, whose employer Halford Commercial Fleet Services sent him alone to a live motorway slip road despite having never told staff when a truck should be recovered rather than repaired at the roadside.Niall Fawcett had held his roadside commercial tyre licence for less than four months when the truck he was repairing slipped off its jack at junction seven near Bowdon, Cheshire.
Niall Fawcett had held his roadside commercial tyre licence for less than four months, and nobody was supervising him, when the low-profile truck he was working on came free from its bottle jack at junction seven near Bowdon, Cheshire, on 2 August 2024.
Laura Royales, HSE principal inspector, said employers must give workers the right information and instructions, then check they follow them.
Sharon Fawcett, Niall's mother: 'Niall went to work that day and should have been safe, supported and protected.'
Guidance from the Health and Safety Executive requires workers to prove competence before tackling roadside jobs alone.
