A Stockport-based stone worktop manufacturer has been fined £26,000 for repeatedly putting its workers at risk. They consistently put their employees at risk from serious injury by failing to adequately guard dangerous machinery at their site.
A HSE inspector visited the site in 2019 and enforcement action was taken to have the appropriate guards installed, and to introduce daily checks, to ensure these were in place and functioning correctly.
HSE guidance is available about the importance for employers to consider how their workers use machinery and to have adequate arrangements in place to ensure it remains safe to use.
However, when an inspector returned to the site on 18 August 2021, the guarding measures that had been put in place were broken or disabled – once again placing employees in danger.
A HSE investigation found that The Granite & Marble Shop Ltd of Cheshire, had failed to properly manage, supervise, and monitor the control measures that had been put in place, in order to ensure that guards were being used as intended.
The company pleaded guilty to breaching Section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and were fined £26,000 and ordered to pay costs of £3,708 at a hearing at Magistrates’ Court in January 2024.
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