\u2018It was a massive strain on us,\u2019 says dad left disabled from horrific incident
\nHSE subsequently prosecuted Amber Precast Ltd, with company fined \u00a360,000<\/p>\n
A father-of-two has revealed he was forced to move homes and unable to say goodbye to his dad after sustaining life-changing injuries following a horrific incident at work.<\/p>\n
Wayne Hatton\u2019s legs were crushed by an 800kg steel pallet that was being removed from a concrete cast, leading to the amputation of his lower right leg and two toes on his left foot.<\/p>\n
His employer Amber Precast Ltd was fined \u00a360,000 last week following a prosecution by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE)<\/a>, which found the company had not implemented a safe system of work to ensure the pallet could be removed safely. HSE guidance can be found at:\u00a0Provide information, training and supervision: Overview \u2013 HSE<\/a><\/p>\n Wayne Hatton and dad Henry<\/p>\n The 50-year-old, who was 46 at the time of the incident on 14 January 2021, later spent seven weeks in hospital and was bed bound for nine months after sustaining the injuries.<\/p>\n \u201cI still get flashbacks about what happened,\u201d Wayne said.<\/p>\n \u201cAdapting mentally has been hard. Everyone always says you have handled it really well but they don\u2019t see you on a day-to-day basis, just getting out of bed, putting your leg on and off and getting in and out of the shower and toilet.<\/p>\n \u201cThey just see me having a laugh and a joke about it, they don\u2019t see everything else. I try and keep positive but dealing with it mentally has been hard.\u201d<\/p>\n While the incident took a toll on Wayne\u2019s mental and physical health, his relationship with his eldest son Jayden was also affected as he began to take care of his dad during his recovery.<\/p>\n Wayne, who lives in Doncaster, said: \u201cHe was only 17 at the time and it took a massive strain on him having to look after his dad.<\/p>\n Wayne Hatton and mother Marine<\/p>\n \u201cAt the time it was a massive strain on us both. I was trying to deal with everything and he was trying to look after me.<\/p>\n \u201cHe didn\u2019t realise what comes into running a house, washing, cleaning and everything else. And he was trying to have a social life as well, which he couldn\u2019t do, so it was hard for both us, frustrating and we fell out a lot of times.\u201d<\/p>\n As a result of his injuries, Wayne, who used to play golf and go to the gym prior to the incident, now wears a prosthetic leg and moved from his house to a bungalow which addresses his physical condition.<\/p>\n The biggest impact however came three months later in April 2021, with Wayne unable to be with his dad as he passed away.<\/p>\n He said: \u201cThe hardest part for me was my dad had only had six months to live and in the last three months, I only got to see him twice before he died. That was harder for me than losing my leg. I didn\u2019t get to say goodbye to him, which still hurts now.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Notes to editors:<\/strong><\/p>\n The Health and Safety Executive<\/a>\u00a0(HSE) is Britain\u2019s national regulator for workplace health and safety. We are dedicated to protecting people and places, and helping everyone lead safer and healthier lives. \u2018It was a massive strain on us,\u2019 says dad left disabled from horrific incident HSE subsequently prosecuted Amber Precast Ltd, with company fined \u00a360,000 A father-of-two has revealed he was forced to move homes and unable to say goodbye to his dad after sustaining life-changing injuries following a horrific incident at work. Wayne Hatton\u2019s legs…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.safetyphoto.co.uk\/safety_news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1959"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.safetyphoto.co.uk\/safety_news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.safetyphoto.co.uk\/safety_news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.safetyphoto.co.uk\/safety_news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1959"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.safetyphoto.co.uk\/safety_news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1959\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.safetyphoto.co.uk\/safety_news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.safetyphoto.co.uk\/safety_news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1959"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.safetyphoto.co.uk\/safety_news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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