Warning to firms on scaffolding dangers
BUSINESSES were warned yesterday to take proper precautions with scaffolding following a prosecution involving a construction site at Sheffield Ski Village.
Pullan Development (Selby) Ltd, of Broomhall Street, pleaded guilty to two breaches of safety regulations in relation to poorly-erected scaffolding in Vale Road, Parkwood Springs.
Sheffield Crown Court heard that during an inspection by the Health and Safety Executive in October 2008 people were seen working on scaffolding that was extremely unsafe and posed a risk of serious, if not fatal, injuries.
Three months earlier the HSE had inspected the same site and ordered all work to be stopped, due to health and safety failings, including problems with the scaffolding.
The company was fined 15,000 and ordered to pay 5,000 costs.
After the hearing, HSE Inspector David Bradley said: "The scaffolding was so dangerous that people should never have been allowed to use it."
Pullan Development had received extensive advice from the HSE over several years, he said.
"The company had also been served with 11 prohibition notices for failures to address health and safety issues on site.
"A recurring theme in this advice is the company's failure to address the risks to people working at height."
Pullan Development bought the Sheffield Ski Village last year.
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