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First report 26 Sep 2022•Latest report 26 Sep 2022

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Reports, concerns and published responses

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Reports: 1
Published responses: 0%
Concerns addressed: 0
Stated actions: 0

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Concerns and recipient responses

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26 Sep2022
Norfolk
Concerns raised11
1. Failure to make health and safety changes
2. Failure to complete FLT thorough examinations when due
3. Lack of health and safety competence
1. Leptospirosis risk from goods in the yard
2. Uncertainty in interpretation of LOLER regulations for machinery use and operation
3. Insufficient FLT operator training and competence
4. Failure to maintain effective FLT seat safety switch devices
5. Failure to address or challenge reported safety findings
6. Poor perception of risks associated with high-risk machinery
7. Failure to provide adequate supervision for inexperienced workers operating on site
8. Lack of health and safety management systems for high-risk machinery
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Zachariah Nathaniel RICHARDSON · Prevention of Future Deaths report

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Report summary

Zachariah Nathaniel Richardson, aged 18, suffered fatal injuries after being found trapped between a forklift truck and a wall while working alone at a site. Concerns included his limited experience and recent forklift training, overdue examinations and defective or defeated safety devices on the forklift trucks, and wider shortcomings in health and safety systems and competence.

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How this individual concern was interpreted
PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below. The report was sent to Recipient name withheld; that does not assign responsibility.
PFD Monitor interpretation
Failure to make health and safety changes
Wider context from the report
“6. As at the date of the inquest, some 23 months following Mr Richardson’s death, no evidence was heard as to any changes which had been made with regard to health and safety at either Lincs Firewood or DD Dodds and Son ”
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Source evidence
How this individual concern was interpreted
PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below. The report was sent to Recipient name withheld; that does not assign responsibility.
PFD Monitor interpretation
Failure to complete FLT thorough examinations when due
Wider context from the report
“2. The evidence was that the FLTs at the Elm Farm site were seven months overdue for the annual Thorough Examination and had undergone a service since February 2019. The seat safety switch device on the FLTs had been defeated at some point prior to the incident. The seat safety switch device on one of the FLTs was defective ”
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Source evidence
How this individual concern was interpreted
PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below. The report was sent to Recipient name withheld; that does not assign responsibility.
PFD Monitor interpretation
Lack of health and safety competence
Wider context from the report
“3. Evidence was heard at the inquest that a Health and Safety Consultant visited the sites at Lincs Firewood and Dodds and Son in October and November 2020, following Mr Richardson’s death. The Consultant found there was little understanding of the importance of health and safety because there were no systems in place although working on high risk machinery. The perception of risk was found to be “poor” and “no one had taken the time or understood the importance to become competent in health and safety prior to the incident” ”
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Source evidence
How this individual concern was interpreted
PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below. The report was sent to Recipient name withheld; that does not assign responsibility.
PFD Monitor interpretation
Leptospirosis risk from goods in the yard
Wider context from the report
“5. An email dated 11 November 2020 from Boston District Council to Health and Safety Executive referred to a visit made to the site that day which found “Refusal to accept the nature of the goods in the yard presents a leptospirosis risk but agreed to issue pocket cards!” and “Some doubt as to the interpretation of the LOLER regs” [which applied to the use and operation of the machinery on site]. ”
Open source report
Source evidence
How this individual concern was interpreted
PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below. The report was sent to Recipient name withheld; that does not assign responsibility.
PFD Monitor interpretation
Uncertainty in interpretation of LOLER regulations for machinery use and operation
Wider context from the report
“5. An email dated 11 November 2020 from Boston District Council to Health and Safety Executive referred to a visit made to the site that day which found “Refusal to accept the nature of the goods in the yard presents a leptospirosis risk but agreed to issue pocket cards!” and “Some doubt as to the interpretation of the LOLER regs” [which applied to the use and operation of the machinery on site]. ”
Open source report
Source evidence
How this individual concern was interpreted
PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below. The report was sent to Recipient name withheld; that does not assign responsibility.
PFD Monitor interpretation
Insufficient FLT operator training and competence
Wider context from the report
“1. Evidence was heard at the inquest that Mr Richardson, aged 18 years, had joined Lincs Firewood some 18 days prior to his death and had undergone training to use a FLT some 6 days prior to his death. He was left alone on a site for approximately 1 hour 20 minutes, which he had visited on one occasion a few days prior to his death. ”
Open source report
Source evidence
How this individual concern was interpreted
PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below. The report was sent to Recipient name withheld; that does not assign responsibility.
PFD Monitor interpretation
Failure to maintain effective FLT seat safety switch devices
Wider context from the report
“2. The evidence was that the FLTs at the Elm Farm site were seven months overdue for the annual Thorough Examination and had undergone a service since February 2019. The seat safety switch device on the FLTs had been defeated at some point prior to the incident. The seat safety switch device on one of the FLTs was defective ”
Open source report
Source evidence
How this individual concern was interpreted
PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below. The report was sent to Recipient name withheld; that does not assign responsibility.
PFD Monitor interpretation
Failure to address or challenge reported safety findings
Wider context from the report
“4. As at the time of making the Report in September 2021, no feedback had been received disagreeing with or challenging any of the findings in the Report ”
Open source report
Source evidence
How this individual concern was interpreted
PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below. The report was sent to Recipient name withheld; that does not assign responsibility.
PFD Monitor interpretation
Poor perception of risks associated with high-risk machinery
Wider context from the report
“3. Evidence was heard at the inquest that a Health and Safety Consultant visited the sites at Lincs Firewood and Dodds and Son in October and November 2020, following Mr Richardson’s death. The Consultant found there was little understanding of the importance of health and safety because there were no systems in place although working on high risk machinery. The perception of risk was found to be “poor” and “no one had taken the time or understood the importance to become competent in health and safety prior to the incident” ”
Open source report
Source evidence
How this individual concern was interpreted
PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below. The report was sent to Recipient name withheld; that does not assign responsibility.
PFD Monitor interpretation
Failure to provide adequate supervision for inexperienced workers operating on site
Wider context from the report
“1. Evidence was heard at the inquest that Mr Richardson, aged 18 years, had joined Lincs Firewood some 18 days prior to his death and had undergone training to use a FLT some 6 days prior to his death. He was left alone on a site for approximately 1 hour 20 minutes, which he had visited on one occasion a few days prior to his death. ”
Open source report
Source evidence
How this individual concern was interpreted
PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below. The report was sent to Recipient name withheld; that does not assign responsibility.
PFD Monitor interpretation
Lack of health and safety management systems for high-risk machinery
Wider context from the report
“3. Evidence was heard at the inquest that a Health and Safety Consultant visited the sites at Lincs Firewood and Dodds and Son in October and November 2020, following Mr Richardson’s death. The Consultant found there was little understanding of the importance of health and safety because there were no systems in place although working on high risk machinery. The perception of risk was found to be “poor” and “no one had taken the time or understood the importance to become competent in health and safety prior to the incident” ”
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Information checked against published PFD reports and official responses · Data reviewed 7 Sep 2026 · About data quality and limitations

Data last updated 7 September 2026

Reports, concerns and published responses

Reports over time

Concerns raised11

Failure to make health and safety changes

Failure to complete FLT thorough examinations when due

Lack of health and safety competence

Leptospirosis risk from goods in the yard

Uncertainty in interpretation of LOLER regulations for machinery use and operation

Insufficient FLT operator training and competence

Failure to maintain effective FLT seat safety switch devices

Failure to address or challenge reported safety findings

Poor perception of risks associated with high-risk machinery

Failure to provide adequate supervision for inexperienced workers operating on site

Lack of health and safety management systems for high-risk machinery