Electrical company fined after woman was fatally crushed by a roller shutter door.

B.S. Graves (Electrical) Limited was fined £31,500 (inc.costs) after a woman was fatally crushed by a roller shutter door.

The circumstances were.

• The sensors at the top of the door were incorrectly wired and no longer functioned as the door opened.
• B.S. Graves had carried out work on the roller shutter door since 2012, including an inspection only a month before the incident. 
• The company did not check the operation of the safety sensors and failed to identify the fault
• On 14 August 2016 Heidi Chalkley pressed the button to open the roller-shutter door.
• She then held onto the grille as it raised and became trapped as it wound around the roller, fatally crushing her body.

The HSE inspector commented:
“This tragic and distressing incident has had an untold impact on all those who knew Heidi. It could have been avoided if the company had ensured employees were suitably trained to inspect the doors and the functioning of the safety sensors.”