20-02-2008
Firm fined following employee death
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A business has been fined following the death of an employee in 2003.
Following the death of a worker, caused after machinery inflicted an injury to the head, the firm was found to have breached Regulation 11 of the Provision & Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 and Section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974.
The company concerned had pleaded guilty to the regulatory breaches presented against it.
"Employers have a legal duty to ensure safe systems of work are in place to protect their staff and contractors, as well as anyone else who may be affected by their work operations," said Alan Strawbridge, an inspector for the Health and Safety Executive, an organisation created as a consequence of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974.
"In this case, safe systems of working were not being actively enforced."
During a hearing, the firm was fined a total of £250,000 and ordered to pay costs of £42,965.