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01/06/2015

KML Fined Over £14,000 After Employees Worked At Unsafe Height

KML has been fined £14,400 and ordered to pay £1,276 in costs after employees were discovered to be working at a dangerous height.

Health and Safety Executive (HSE) inspectors visited the former aerospace plant site in Lancashire after responding to a complaint.

Inspectors observed a worker stripping slates from a fragile roof without any measures in place to prevent the man from falling.

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The company pleaded guilty to a breach of Work at Height Regulations along with two breaches of the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2007.

HSE Inspector Jacqueline Western, who investigated the case, said: "These breaches of health and safety legislation were entirely preventable.

"Falls through fragile roofs are a common cause of work-related death or personal injury."

The HSE states 45% of deaths on construction sites in Britain last year were as a result of falls from height and 581 workers suffered major injuries as a result of such falls.

(LM)

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