Firm fined £15,000 after liftshaft accident
Construction
19th September 2008
A company based in Liverpool has been fined £15,000 after a worker was seriously hurt in a liftshaft accident.
The employee of J&D Property Services Ltd was injured when concrete fell through an unprotected liftshaft well.
J&D was fined £15,000 and ordered to pay court costs of £5,000, reported building.co.uk.
The company pleaded guilty to breaching section 3(1) of the 1974 Health and Safety a WorkAct and regulation 6(3) of the 2005 Work at Height Regulations Act.
Sarah Wadham, a construction inspector with the Health and Safety Executive, said the firm had put its employees at risk of injury.
"The company failed to manage the site properly, sent an unsupervised apprentice to carry out work to protect the voids and exposed many workers to risks from falling through a lift shaft opening which was inadequately protected," she said.
Failing to implement proper health and safety measures in the workplace could affect a firm's Liability Insurance.
