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Conviction
of Directors: 1 April 2002 - 31 Marcdh 2003
In 2002/3, 11 directors were convicted for health
and safety offences. Two are known to have involved
deaths. Noone faced imprisonment. The average fine
was £5795
| Conviction
1 |
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Fine |
Costs |
| Name
of Director |
William
Barry Cox |
£1000 |
|
| Name
of Company |
W.
B Cox (Construction) Ltd |
£1,500
|
£600 |
| Location
of offence |
Tamworth
Staffordshire – West Midlands |
| Date
of Offence |
23
November 2001 |
| Date
of Hearing |
22
August 2002 |
| Summary |
Worker
fell through fragile cement roof sheeting while
replacing valley gutter. Safety net on site but
not used. MD of company on site before and at
time of accident but failed to take any action.
Workers had not seen method statement. |
| Conviction
2 |
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Fine |
Costs |
| Name
of Director |
John
Elders |
£12,500 |
|
| Name
of Company |
FactoryCover
Ltd |
£2,500 |
|
| Location
of offence |
Billingham,
Cleveland – North East |
| Date
of Offence |
09
May 2000 |
| Date
of Hearing |
06 Sept 2002 |
| Summary |
”This
case relates to a fatality to a roofwork employee
of the accused company engaged in the repair of
the roof of an industrial warehouse. There were
no guardrails on the roofing boards from which
employees were working and neither were fall protection
harnesses used. The system of work was not safe.
The deceased fell through the fragile roof material.” |
| Conviction
3 |
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Fine |
Costs |
| Name
of Director |
Surinder
Singh Nahal |
£2,250
|
£2,747 |
| Name
of Company |
Skyglass
Ltd |
£30,000 |
£30,000
|
| Location
of offence |
Uxbridge,
London |
| Date
of Offence |
16
March 1999 |
| Date
of Hearing |
15 Oct 2002 |
| Summary |
”Mr
Nahal is a Director of Skyglass Limited He was
the company officer responsible for ensuring that
the Notices served on the company were complied
with. In particular, IN requiring electrical wiring
to be checked and repaired was not complied with,
IN requiring extraction to be provided for welding
fume was not complied with and PN prohibiting
further spraying of carcinogenic paint containing
zinc tetroxy chromate was not complied with. Evidence
collected indicates that paint had continued to
be sprayed on several occassions after PN was
served without additional controls.” |
| Conviction
4 |
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Fine |
Costs |
| Name
of Director |
Mr
A Turness |
£7000
|
£1000 |
| Name
of Company |
Food
Packaging Ltd |
£14,000 |
£2000 |
| Location
of offence |
Camridge
- Eastern |
| Date
of Offence |
12
December 2001 |
| Date
of Hearing |
22 October 2002 |
| Summary |
”Accident
while clearing blockage on Tranklein EK 100 round
cornering machine, resulting in amputation of
two fingers. No safe system to clear blockages,
no risk assessment carried out.” |
| Conviction
5 |
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Fine |
Costs |
| Name
of Director |
Mr
Giovanni Viale |
£5,000 |
£1000 |
| Name
of Company |
Europlants
(UK) Ltd |
£10,000 |
£8,853 |
| Location
of offence |
Hertfordshire
(Eastern) |
| Date
of Offence |
5
May 2002 |
| Date
of Hearing |
09 Dec 2002 |
| Summary |
”Case
results from an accident to an employee, who whilst
working from a stillage was run over by an all
terrain FLT. The company did not have any systems
of work for the control of vehicle movements on
site.” |
| Conviction
6 |
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Fine |
Costs |
| Name
of Director |
George
Falconer Bisset |
£1,000 |
£1000 |
| Name
of Company |
G
F Bisset (Inverbervie) Ltd |
£5,000 |
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| Location
of offence |
Scotland |
| Date
of Offence |
3
Dec 2001 |
| Date
of Hearing |
6 Dec 2002 |
| Summary |
”George
Falconer Bisset, a director in G F Bisset (Inverbervie)
Ltd knowingly allowed work to be carried out in
contravention of the Prohibition Notice served
on the company on 13 December 2001. Construction
work was being undertaken in an unsafe manner
in that the working platform in use did not comply
with the requirements of the Regulations; there
were excavations open with no precautions to prevent
a person falling into them and no hot or warm
water on site. The Prohibition Notice served on
13/12/01 in relation to the use of cement was
not complied with.” |
| Conviction
7 |
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Fine |
Costs |
| Name
of Director |
Anthony
Meehan |
£15,000 |
£5,910 |
| Name
of Company |
Design
Building |
Not
prosecuted |
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| Location
of offence |
London |
| Date
of Offence |
03
Feb 2000 |
| Date
of Hearing |
24 feb 2003 |
| Summary |
No
information available |
| Conviction
8 |
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Fine |
Costs |
| Name
of Director |
Nicholas
Cary Martin |
3,000
|
£3000 |
| Name
of Company |
Mays
(Pressure Diecasting) Ltd |
£30,000
|
£4111
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| Location
of offence |
Middlesex,
London |
| Date
of Offence |
i8
Aug1999 |
| Date
of Hearing |
06 March 2003 |
| Summary |
”The
company failed to maintain two water cooling towers
in a condition that was safe and without risks
to health of employees and others who may be affected
by their undertaking. Also failed to notify the
towers to the London Borough of Hiliingdon..” |
| Conviction
9 |
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Fine |
Costs |
| Name
of Director |
Alan
Swift |
£10,000 |
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| Name
of Company |
Swift
Roofing Contracts Ltd |
£20.000 |
£1875
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| Location
of offence |
Maidstone,
Sourth East |
| Date
of Offence |
27
June 2001 |
| Date
of Hearing |
7 Feb 2003 |
| Summary |
“Roofer
died as a result of a fall of about 2.25 m from
the first lift of a scaffold while fixing vertical
tiling to the gable end of a residential property.
The scaffold working platform was incomplete and
had no edge protection in the area from which
the roofer fell.” |
| Conviction
10 |
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Fine |
Costs |
| Name
of Director |
Keith
Arthur Stait |
£3,000 |
£3,000 |
| Name
of Company |
Mays
(Pressure Diecasting) Ltd |
£3,000 |
£4,111 |
| Location
of offence |
Middlesex,
London |
| Date
of Offence |
8
Aug 1999 |
| Date
of Hearing |
06 March 2003 |
| Summary |
”
The company failed to maintain two water cooling
towers in a condition that was safe and without
risks to health of employees and others who may
be affected by their undertaking. Also failed
to notify the towers to the London Borough of
Hillingdon”. |
| Conviction
11 |
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Fine |
Costs |
| Name
of Director |
Richard
Clarke |
£2000 |
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| Name
of Company |
Six
Mile Bottom Shoot Ltd |
£6000 |
£1,141 |
| Location
of offence |
Cambridgeshire,
Eastern |
| Date
of Offence |
14
July 2002 |
| Date
of Hearing |
25 March 2003 |
| Summary |
“Investigation
into accident to young person who fell from rear
of moving vehicle; serious injuries sustained
by individual. Company fell far short of expected
standards. Mr Clarke directly involved in management
of health and safety at company.” |
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