a south wales packaging company has been fined £14.6k for safety failings after a delivery driver was hit by a forklift truck at its premisesin december newport magistrates&rsquo court heard that graham williams 61 visited platt packaging at rassau industrial estate on 7 october 2013 to collect palleted products for distribution.while his lorry was being loaded, mr williams was on a telephone call with his employer, a freight company, and was standing nearby with his back to the vehicle. suddenly he was struck by the reversing forklift truck and knocked to the ground.he suffered a double fracture to his left ankle, damage to his leg and spent over a month in neville hall hospital, abergavenny. he has been unable to return to work.a health and safety executive hse investigation found that platt packaging had no formal safe system of work in place for delivery operations at the site. the company also failed to provide instructions for delivery drivers to be in a place of safety while the forklift truck was being used.platt packaging limited, of rassau industrial estate, rassau, ebbw vale, gwent, was fined a total of £10,000 and ordered to pay £4,663 in costs after pleading guilty to breaching section 31 of the health and safety at work etc act 1974. speaking after the hearing, hse inspector lee schilling said &ldquothe dangers associated with workplace transport are welldocumented in the industry. incidents involving moving vehicles and pedestrians on the same site have resulted in major injuries, and even fatalities in the workplace. &ldquoplatt packaging should have provided a clearly marked, designated safe zone for delivery drivers and implemented a safe system of work that incorporated the need for communication between the delivery driver and the forklift operator.&ldquohad these basic safety requirements been fulfilled, the incident would not have happened and mr williams would not have been injured.&rdquo 
