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28/11/2008
HSE stops work at 12 'dangerous sites' |
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A crackdown on bad health and safety practice has resulted in the shutting down of 12 sites in Waltham Forest.
The move followed Health and Safety Executive (HSE) inspections at 16 sites in the area, of which three quarters were found to be in breach of health and safety requirements.
HSE inspector Sarah Snelling said: "We have been working with local authority officers in this area for several months and have been appalled at the willingness of building owners and their contractors to ignore basic safety precautions.
"They are risking the lives of those working on these sites as well as others in the immediate area."
Practices identified as unsafe in the HSE's report on the matter included fire risks, incompetent workers and unsecured structures, resulting in five additional improvement notices being issued to owners on top of the immediate closure orders.
On November 21st, Pervez Mohammed Iqbal was ordered by Wolverhampton Crown Court to pay £15,000 in fines, with £2,800 costs following a fatal injury to one of his workers in April 2007.
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