A renowned premium yacht maker has been hit with a hefty £600,000 fine following a workplace incident that left one of its workers with life-changing injuries. Mark Gillen, a 54-year-old employee with 26 years of service, sustained severe injuries, including 12 broken ribs and a severed right arm, when a staging platform weighing approximately one tonne toppled over and fell on top of him at the shipyard.
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The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) launched an investigation into the incident and discovered that the platform had fallen due to one of the front wheels hitting a divot in the concrete surface. Gillen was part of a team working on a 72-foot vessel at the company’s Southyard site when the accident occurred on 9 November 2021.
