Kevin Pearson
PFD Report
Historic (No Identified Response)
Ref: 2014-0086
Coroner's Concerns (AI summary)
The company potentially failed to ensure full compliance with health and safety guidance for drivers and verify their understanding of critical instructions for specialized activities.
View full coroner's concerns
That the Company may not yet have ensured full compliance with guidance for the activity undertaken by the deceased provided by the Health and Safety Executive and Institute of Road Transport Engineers and ensured all drivers are aware of and acknowledged understanding of that guidance.
Sent To
- John Somerscales Ltd
Response Status
Linked responses
0 of 1
56-Day Deadline
29 Apr 2014
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Source: Courts and Tribunals Judiciary
Report Sections
Investigation and Inquest
On 13th June 2013 I commenced an investigation into the death of Kevin Graham Pearson (d.o.b.17.3.1953). The investigation concluded at the end of the inquest on 25th February 2014. The conclusion of the inquest was that the deceased died from severe neck and chest injuries caused by being crushed between a moving tractor unit and a stationary trailer
Circumstances of the Death
On 11th June 2013 the deceased was connecting a tractor to a trailer and following introduction of air pressure to the trailers brakes they released causing forward movement of the tractor and trailer, crushing the deceased between the front of the tractor and a second stationary trailer.
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