Scaffolding Contractor fined for Work at Height Breaches
Businesses are being warned to take proper precautions with scaffolding contractors following the successful prosecution today of a South Yorkshire firm that ignored important advice and enforcement action by the HSE.
Pullan Development (Selby) Ltd, of Broomhall Street in Sheffield, pleaded guilty to breaches of the Work at Height Regulations 2005 in relation to poorly erected scaffolding at the Sheffield Ski Village construction site in Vale Road, Parkwood Springs.
Sheffield Crown Court heard that during an inspection by HSE, people were seen working on scaffolding that was extremely unsafe and posed a risk of serious, if not fatal, injuries due to the manner in which it was constructed.
Three months earlier HSE had inspected the same site and ordered all work to be stopped, due to health and safety failings, including problems with the scaffolding.
The company was today fined £15,000 and ordered to pay £5,000 costs for breaching Regulation 8(a) and 8 (b) of the Work at Height Regulations 2005.
