| Source: | All England Reporter |
| Publisher Citation: | [2003] All ER (D) 167 (Mar) |
| Court: | Court of Appeal, Civil Division |
| Judge: | Aldous, Judge and Clarke LJJ |
| Representation | Abigail Holt and Terence Rigby (instructed by Jack Thornley, Ashton under Lyne) for the claimant. |
| Christopher Alldiss (instructed by Hill Dickinson, Liverpool) for the defendant. | |
| Judgment Dates: | 12 March 2003 |
Catchwords
Health and safety at work - Employer - Breach of statutory duty - Provision of suitable equipment - Causative effect of failure to undertake risk assessment - Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998, reg 4.
The Case
Work equipment was not to be regarded as unsuitable for the purposes of reg4 of the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 when injury resulted from inadequate control or mishandling by an employee of otherwise safe and suitable equipment.
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