Securafence Ltd., who manufacture perimeter protection products was fined £96,017 (inc.costs) after repeated breaches of health and safety law over a period of eighteen months, including contravention of an Improvement Notice.
The circumstances were:
- Between 29 August 2018 and 24 January 2020, despite several interventions by HSE, Securafence Ltd failed to effectively manage health and safety.
- During this time, ten Enforcement Notices were served on them.
- The company had no formal system to ensure that health and safety controls were in place.
- Management lacked health and safety competence and knowledge.
- As a result, employees were exposed to risks to their health and safety.
- This included exposure to hazardous substances from welding fumes.
- It also included exposure to paint spray from a wet spray booth – which remained in use despite the company informing HSE that it had been taken out of service.
- Another health and safety risk cited was the risk of injury through access to dangerous parts of machinery as a result of missing/inadequate guarding.
The HSE inspector commented:
“Those in control of work have a responsibility to identify risk and devise safe methods of working and to provide the necessary information, instruction and training to their workers in the safe system of working. Companies should be aware that HSE will not hesitate to take further appropriate enforcement action against those that continue to fall below the required standards or who fail to ensure sustained compliance.”
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