An architect’s practice and a construction company involved in a Somerset development have today been fined a total of £195,000 following a fatality on the site. Express Park Construction Company Limited (EPCC), of Harley Street, London, pleaded guilty to breaching Section 3(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 for failing to safely manage subcontractors working for… read more →
Camden Council recently prosecuted two companies and their director for managing a house which posed a serious fire risk to its tenants and fined them more than £32,000. The two companies were found guilty of eight offences relating to the neglect of fire safety precautions. The house, in Swiss Cottage in London, did not feature a fire detection or alarm… read more →
Two landlords were sentenced to a fine of £4,000 each and ordered to pay £8,000 costs at Taunton Crown Court. Ralph Ricardo and Alistair Gordon of Sarum Homes Ltd, of Chard, pleaded guilty to a breach of a prohibition notice served on a property by Devon and Somerset Fire & Rescue Authority. Following an audit of the property serious concerns… read more →
A landlord of a house of multiple occupation (HMO) was ordered to pay fines and costs of £25,000 after pleading guilty to seven charges relating to inadequate fire safety standards. Mr Hoskins, owner of a property in Shirley Avenue, Southampton did not have a suitable fire risk assessment for his building and did not have a working fire alarm to… read more →
Malfax Investments Ltd admitted six offences under the Fire Safety Order and was ordered to pay over £21,000 in fines and costs following a prosecution brought by the London Fire Brigade. The Averard Hotel on Lancaster Gate in Bayswater was inspected by fire officers who found a number of fire safety failings, including inadequate fi re detection and alarm system,… read more →
The Co-operative Group was fined £210,000 and ordered to pay costs of more than £28,000 after pleading guilty to six breaches of the Fire Safety Order. After carrying out fi re safety inspections at one of the Co-op’s Southampton stores Hampshire Fire & Rescue Authority found that the organisation had failed to keep the rear emergency doors unlocked and had… read more →
A Rochdale plastics manufacturer has been fined £140,000 after a Portuguese cleaner was crushed to death by a pallet of bags weighing nearly one and a half tonnes. TS (UK) Ltd was prosecuted by the HSE following the incident at the Stakehill Industrial Estate in Middleton for failing to ensure the safety of its employees, and not having a worker… read more →
A company has been prosecuted for health and safety failings after an employee was struck by a reversing fork-lift truck at its depot in Stevenage. Portable toilet hire firm Elliott Ltd – previously known as Elliott Loohire Ltd – was ordered to pay a £7,000 fine and £3,198 in prosecution costs yesterday (Monday 5 July) after it admitted breaching health… read more →
Major electrical retailer Comet Group plc has been fined £75,000 following the death of a contractor who fell through a roof light at its Wrexham store. Paul Alker, 33, of Brynteg, near Wrexham, was working for a roofing contractor and was on the roof of the Comet store on Mount Street when he stepped on a roof light and fell… read more →
Businesses must take a fresh look at their fire safety obligations after a £400,000 fine imposed on fashion retailer, New Look, was recently upheld by the Court of Appeal, a law firm has warned. Shoosmiths says that following the judgment companies will now ignore fire safety regulations “at their peril”. Partner and regulatory specialist, Ron Reid, stressed that the fine… read more →
