Tata JLR fined GBP 900,000

Tata Motors-owned Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) was fined 900,000 pounds after a worker lost his leg in an accident, described as “completely avoidable” by the court, at one of the company’s UK factories nearly two years ago. A trial at Birmingham Crown Court was told that the delivery driver lost control of his vehicle and crashed into another car at JLR’s Solihull plant in the West Midlands region of England in February 2015. The worker was crushed between two vehicles and his right leg had to be amputated. “A worker has been left with life-changing injuries that were completely avoidable. It was only good fortune that prevented this from being a fatal accident,” John Glynn, an inspector with the UK’s Health and Safety Executive (HSE), told the hearing. JLR has since introduced a buffer zone to reduce the risk of a similar accident.