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| Convictions
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Conviction
of Directors in North East
| Conviction
1 |
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Fine |
Costs |
| Name
of Director |
John
Elders |
£12,500 |
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| Name
of Company |
FactoryCover
Ltd |
£2,500 |
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| 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
2 |
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Fine |
Costs |
| Name
of Director |
Timothy
Smalley |
£1,000 |
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| Name
of Company |
Bedmax
Ltd |
£1,000 |
£600 |
| Location
of offence |
Belford,
Northumberland - NE |
| Date
of Offence |
22
Sept 2002 |
| Date
of Hearing |
02 Feb 2004 |
| Summary |
”Director
of a Ltd Co. neglected to take the reasonably
practicable measures he could have taken to ensure
safety during work by a contractor he engaged
to do plant work needing access across the fibre
cement roof of the factory. One person fell through
a plastic roof light approx. 5m to the floor below.” |
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