Southampton

Maintenance worker falls 36ft, DP World Southampton fined £1M

A maintenance worker from Winchester, Christopher Hooper, expressed feeling powerless after falling 36ft through an open hole onto a concrete floor, resulting in severe injuries. Hooper, 31, sustained fractures to his skull, back, pelvis, arm, wrist, and ankle during the fall through the driver’s cab of a straddle carrier while performing maintenance tasks on September 20, 2022, at DP World…