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

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.
Skanska said the ban will help avoid the risk of operators becoming trapped by ‘swing-up’ stabilisers that can inadvertently be rotated and drawn into the area where fixe