Everest has been fined £6,000 and ordered to pay £15,963.25 costs after its workers were found to be repeatedly exposed to the risk of falling from height during roofline installations.
Everest had previously pleaded guilty to breaches of the Work at Height Regulations 2005, after an HSE inspector twice spotted Everest workers performing roofline refurbishments on mobile tower scaffolds without any protection to prevent falls in 2006.
The inspector took enforcement action and stopped work on both sites.
Everest was also recently fined £4,000 when a roofline installer fell from a platform he was working on.
HSE inspector Norman Macritchie said: “The level of fatal and serious injuries in refurbishment projects remains unacceptable. Each death is a tragedy for those involved and there is no room for any complacency.”
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Safety when installing any fascia or soffits must bever never be compromised! Fitters should never face the risk of fatal or serious, they have the right to a safe working environment. Stoppng work and enforing fines is the only way.
Agreed safety is paramount and the sooner companies factor in the cost of appropriate safety measures (i.e scaffolding/lifting equipment etc.) the better, thus creating a more level playing field (no pun intended) in terms of prices provided to potential customers.
I regularly install Fascics, soffits, gutters, etc. I believe that without proper satefty enforcement in place whilst working at height, it is not only a risk too one’s livelyhood but in some instances can result in a compromise in workmanship quality. Lets bring in these proper working ways and safe systems of work!