Skanska bans ‘swing-up’ lorry loaders after site death

Date: 28 Jun 2022

Lorry loaders fitted with hydraulic tilting and hydraulic deployment stabiliser legs which rotate across the position of the fixed controls are being banned from all Skanska UK sites.

The move follows the involvement of this type of stabiliser in a fatal incident at a Skanska at Shirehampton, Bristol last September.

Read more here.

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