An investigation was carried out by the Health and Safety Executive
An employee suffered life-changing injuries after falling through a fragile roof while on the job in Nottingham. Housebuilder Cairns Heritage Homes Limited, of Hoton, near Loughborough, has now been fined £80,000 after safety failings led to the serious injuries.
Investigations from the HSE found the Loughborough firm had failed to act on several fronts. The company has now been heavily fined after being brought before the courts.The fall happened on August 1, 2019, while the male employee was carrying out repairs to the roof of Nottingham Recycling Limited, in Abbeyfield Road, Nottingham, while a baling machine - used for compacting waste - was not being used.
Further investigations uncovered a number of "serious deficiencies" in Cairns Heritage Homes Limited’s planning and supervision of the repair work. The firm was found to have “an absence of a safe system of work”. The firm pleaded guilty to breaching Section 2 of the act and was fined £80,000 by the court. The housebuilder was also ordered to pay costs of £9,981.
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