A Hull-based building company has been fined £1,000 after it breached one of the Work at Height Regulations 2005, which could easily have been rectified with OHSAS 18001 training.

Shane Homes Limited, of Bowlalley Lane, was also ordered to pay £799 in costs at Beverley Magistrates' Court.

The prosecution related to an incident in September 2009, where scaffolding erected by the company was found to be unsafe for employees to use.

An investigation by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) found that the scaffolding had no edge protection and that the access ladder was not long enough and was not secured properly.

The organisation stated that people working on the first floor of the building in Longcroft Park, Molescroft, Beverley, could have fallen up to four metres and sustained serious or fatal injuries as a result.

According to the HSE, 17 per cent of serious injuries to workers in the construction industry are caused by falls from height each year.

Posted by Stacey Wilkinson

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