Overview

• Car Spa & Tyres Ltd was convicted on June 25 for breaching regulation 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work Act and fined £40,000 with an additional £20,000 in costs
• An HSE investigation found that neither swivel arm on the two-post lift was locked into position and staff had not been trained in safe operation
• Mechanic Mohammed Hamad sustained multiple fractures on November 23, 2022, spent four months in hospital and is now highly dependent on others
• HSE inspector David Bellis warned that the incident would have been avoided with correct locking procedures and a proper system of work
• The prosecution at Liverpool Magistrates’ Court was led by HSE enforcement lawyer Karen Park with paralegal Gabrielle O’Sullivan