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Wife of the deceased

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First report 22 May 2023•Latest report 22 May 2023

Recipient record

Reports, concerns and published responses

This page brings together reports naming this recipient and response statements clearly connected to concerns raised in those reports.

Reports
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Naming this recipient

Published responses
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Concerns addressed
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Reports over time

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Evidence profile

Report topics

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Concerns and recipient responses

Statements from Wife of the deceased linked to the concerns in each report. Select any concern, action or position to view the source wording.

  1. Avon

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    Karl Mitchell · Prevention of Future Deaths report

    This summary was generated using AI from the published report. Please read the original report for the complete account.

    Report summary

    Karl Mitchell, a lorry driver, was crushed by a rotating stabilising leg while retracting a stabiliser beam during the delivery of a container on 23 September 2021. He was taken to hospital and died from his injuries on 25 September 2021. The report raises concerns that many unmodified lorry-mounted cranes remain in use and that operators may be unaware of available safety modifications and the risk of crushing.

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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 Wife of the deceased; that does not assign responsibility.

    PFD Monitor interpretation

    Continued use of unmodified lorry mounted cranes with crush injury risks

    Wider context from the report

    “(1) There are a large number of these lorry mounted cranes with such stabiliser beams and rotating legs in use by companies of all sizes and for a variety of uses within the industry (2) Whilst manufacturers have taken steps to modify the design of the stabiliser beams and rotating legs so as to ensure the risk of such crush injuries can be avoided in the future such modifications will only apply to new vehicles and those where the owner / operator of the vehicle becomes aware of possibility of modifications being available. (3) Vehicles without being modified will continue to be used throughout the industry and thereby such vehicles will continue to pose a risk of crush injuries occurring to the operator. (4) Action needs to be taken to disseminate the learning from this tragic incident throughout the industry so that operators of such vehicles are aware that safety modifications may be available for their vehicle and in any event operators need to be made aware of the risk of crushing so as to ensure safe operation at all times. ”
    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 Wife of the deceased; that does not assign responsibility.

    PFD Monitor interpretation

    Failure to ensure operators are aware of crush injury risks

    Wider context from the report

    “(1) There are a large number of these lorry mounted cranes with such stabiliser beams and rotating legs in use by companies of all sizes and for a variety of uses within the industry (2) Whilst manufacturers have taken steps to modify the design of the stabiliser beams and rotating legs so as to ensure the risk of such crush injuries can be avoided in the future such modifications will only apply to new vehicles and those where the owner / operator of the vehicle becomes aware of possibility of modifications being available. (3) Vehicles without being modified will continue to be used throughout the industry and thereby such vehicles will continue to pose a risk of crush injuries occurring to the operator. (4) Action needs to be taken to disseminate the learning from this tragic incident throughout the industry so that operators of such vehicles are aware that safety modifications may be available for their vehicle and in any event operators need to be made aware of the risk of crushing so as to ensure safe operation at all times. ”
    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 Wife of the deceased; that does not assign responsibility.

    PFD Monitor interpretation

    Failure to ensure operators are aware of available safety modifications

    Wider context from the report

    “(1) There are a large number of these lorry mounted cranes with such stabiliser beams and rotating legs in use by companies of all sizes and for a variety of uses within the industry (2) Whilst manufacturers have taken steps to modify the design of the stabiliser beams and rotating legs so as to ensure the risk of such crush injuries can be avoided in the future such modifications will only apply to new vehicles and those where the owner / operator of the vehicle becomes aware of possibility of modifications being available. (3) Vehicles without being modified will continue to be used throughout the industry and thereby such vehicles will continue to pose a risk of crush injuries occurring to the operator. (4) Action needs to be taken to disseminate the learning from this tragic incident throughout the industry so that operators of such vehicles are aware that safety modifications may be available for their vehicle and in any event operators need to be made aware of the risk of crushing so as to ensure safe operation at all times. ”
    Open source report
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How actions were described at the time

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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