A streetlight resulted in the personal injury to a small child who was hit on the head by part of a streetlight being fixed by an engineer.
The accident took place as Taahyra Kasham, a toddler was being pushed in her pram by her mother Rajna, and the streetlight engineer dropped a reflector, which he was removing from the top of the lamppost. Crashing down onto the baby’s pram, the reflector hit Taahyra on the head.
The mother was fortunate to escape the injury but the toddler was injured and required stitches.
According to the revelations of the investigation carried out by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), twenty five year old streetlight operative Joseph Parker, had failed to erect a temporary barrier around the lamppost which would have safely segregated pedestrians from the work area.
Living in Romford, Essex at the time of the accident admitting a breach of the Health and Safety at Work Act, at the City of London Magistrates’ Court, Mr. Parker was fined £2,250 he was also ordered to pay court costs totalling £2,888.
The prosecuting HSE inspector accused Mr. Parker of causing distress and Injury by disregarding the health and safety regulations.