Following an investigation by City of York Council, the owners of a popular York pub have pleaded guilty at York Magistrates Court today [25 September] and fined a total £44,622.54 including costs, for failing to address serious health and safety breaches.On 13 July 2017, a driver who was making a delivery to The Last Drop Inn on Colliergate – owned by York Brewery Co Ltd – had a serious accident when he fell five feet down an open trap door into a below ground cellar.
He sustained serious knee injuries including a dislocated right knee, torn medial collateral ligament, torn posterior cruciate ligament, cuts and bruises to his left arm and cuts and bruises to his ribcage, requiring intensive physiotherapy and surgery.
As a result of his injuries, he was unable to work for three months, unable to drive for six weeks and is still experiencing ongoing shooting pains and discomfort.
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