Three companies fined for safety failings arising from two accidents

[Social Integrator]

Two incidents at the Haverhill site of Jan Cavelle Furniture Company have led to three companies being fined for health and safety failings.

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[Essex1]

It is interesting. The company employed the services of a proffesional consultant but still gets fined. This cannot be right. 

 

[ProDave]

Okay to sub contract the checking and / or writing of safety policies.

BUT surely they would want someone in house as a supervisor to check staff were working to those procedures and working dafely?  If that element was also contracted out, did the appointed contractor have a person in site all the time?

 

[kerching]

Long storyl...short

this is about 15 years ago

customer of mine had gutter problems on concrete soffit

decided on rubber lining

only warranted if franchised installer fitted it....fair shout

part way through job HSE bloke,,who lives downnthe road, drives past

shut job down.....no edge protection,,no 110v tools, no proper access. List went on for pages.

client slotted the contractors

client got dropped on by HSE as THEY should have ensured that the work was being carried out correctly !.....how would they know that, they were a fruit wholesalers !!!!!

 

[Essex1]

With the recent change in CDM rules even more responsibility has been put on to the client. There are exceptions however for the guy who just wants to build an extension. It is more aimed at principle contractors with multiple trades working under them. 

We employ a H&S consultant. We are not large enough to even consider a full time H&S role within the business. We just could not afford it. 

 

[Sidewinder]

No matter who you employ the responsibility for H&S within the company resides with the company.

A classic case is Regina Vs Octel, it is taught as part of many serious  H&S courses.

 

[kerching]

I Often quote the findings in the case of Arlkell v. pressdram