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HOMES FIRM AND DIRECTOR PROSECUTED OVER FALL

Director given prison term after consenting to unsafe working

Prior Homes Limited and company Director Paul Prior have been sentenced after the failure to control the risks associated with working on a fragile roof led to a worker sustaining serious injuries.

Westminster Magistrates heard how two men were removing panels on a fragile roof when one of the workmen fell through to the floor approximately 5m below.

HSE investigators found that Prior Homes Limited failed to plan the work on the roof or to carry out this work safely.

In addition, the investigation found that, as the Director Paul Prior was personally in charge of this work, he had consented to the unsafe working practices.

  • Prior Homes Limited – of Station Road, Gillingham, pleaded guilty to breaching Regulation 4(1) of the Work at Height Regulations 2005 and was fined £9,334 and ordered to pay costs of £6,398.20.
  • Paul Prior – pleaded guilty to breaching Section 37(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 and was sentenced to a custodial sentence of 8 weeks suspended for 12 months and ordered to undertake 100 hours of unpaid work.
Company and director “held to account”

HSE Principal Inspector Keith Levart said:

“Falls from height remain one of the most common causes of work fatalities and serious injuries in this country. The risks associated with working at height are well-known.

Prior Homes Limited and Paul Prior had established an unsafe and poorly planned working practice which lead to a serious injury to one of the workers, and have today been held to account for failing to take adequate action to protect the health and safety of persons working on their site.”

 

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