Lamport Bassitt Solicitors - Legal News - Building company fined �30k for worker's fall


	LATEST LATEST LEGAL NEWS ARCHIVE		LATEST NEWS & EVENTS Building company fined �30k for worker's fall Those looking to secure personal injury compensation might be interested to learn that a building company and its director have been fined £30,000 following a worker's accident. Nicholas Roberts, a builder, fell almost 30-feet from scaffolding at a site in Llanfairfechan. As a consequence, JBB Homes - based in Stockport - was prosecuted following a Health and Safety Executive (HSE) investigation. The hearing at Llandudno Magistrates' Court resulted in director James Burt being fined £10,000 for breaching Section 37(1) of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974. In its analysis, HSE discovered that Mr Roberts was undertaking work in a bid to replace a lintel when he suffered the accident. He was left with a fractured pelvis, some broken teeth and bruises. A previous HSE investigation resulted in Strata Homes Yorkshire being fined £30,000 after bricklayer Anton Burrows was paralysed from the chest down after being hit by a 660 pound steel beam. Posted by Isobel Whitely Related Articles: 16/5/2012 - Falls from height remain major workplace safety concern 14/5/2012 - Construction firm fined after worker is injured in roof fall 10/5/2012 - Focus on health and safety delivers business benefits 1/5/2012 - Asbestos danger leads to fine for Dorset builder 30/4/2012 - Shipyard operator fined over scaffolding accident at work More Personal Injury Law News