Timber frame company fined for safety failings
27 July 2016A timber frame company based in Somerset has been sentenced for safety failings relating to a construction project.
Oxford Magistrates’ Court heard how The Timber Frame Company (TFC) was contracted to work at Tracey Farm, a country retreat.
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) served a Prohibition Notice on the company prohibiting work at height approximately three metres above the ground without adequate precautions.
An investigation by the HSE found that work at height had not been properly planned or carried out safely. The company did not have suitable and sufficient measures to prevent workers from falling and sustaining injury.
A Prohibition Notice (PN) was served and found to be breached when further unsafe work at height took place at the same location the following day.
The Timber Frame Company, of Bruton, pleaded guilty to breaching health and safety regulations and was fined £8,000 and ordered to pay costs of £1,133.
