'No one should go to work and not return': Mum's agony after son crushed to death at Müller Yoghurt factory
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA mum has spoken of her heartbreak after her son was crushed to death at a yoghurt factory. Lift Monitoring Systems Limited in Staffordshire was fined £200,000 yesterday following a Health and Safety Executive (HSE) investigation into the death of Lewis McFarlin, the Mirror reports.
The 24-year-old lift engineer was fatally crushed when attempting to repair a goods lift at Müller's Market Drayton factory on January 14, 2020.
Müller Yogurt has not been prosecuted by HSE. Mr McFarlin and two other lift engineers were working on a different lift before being asked to resolve an issue with the door-opening mechanism on one of the lift landing doors, HSE said.
While attempting to resolve the fault, Mr McFarlin was on top of the lift car. READ MORE: Six arrested after suspected drugs lab raid led to 110 homes evacuated and bomb squad called to estate READ MORE: Former soldier who turned drug dealer after serving in Afghanistan spared jail due to 'exceptional' circumstances The lift had been placed in 'inspection mode' enabling Mr McFarlin to control the lift from its rooftop.
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