Multiple failures were found at a construction site in Dalston, leading to a London property developer being fined £63,000 plus costs after it pleaded guilty to breaches of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974.
Four visits from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) were made to Nofax Enterprises Limited over a 13 month period between 2020 and 2021. The company was overseeing a four storey building construction project, which would contain nine flats and a youth club in the basement.
A catalogue of failures were found by HSE inspectors including:
Some of the failures were so serious that the site was closed down twice.
The Dalston Lane site has nine enforcement notices issued, which includes five prohibition notices. Inspections of other sites operated by the company also highlighted a host of issues which identified a poor attitude towards health and safety and multiple management failings.
Nofax Enterprises Limited pleaded guilty to breaches of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974. Due to the host of failures and lack of compliance with safety regulation, the company was ordered to pay a total of £88,812.68 which included a fine of £63,000, costs of £25,622.
After the hearing, HSE inspector Gordon Nixon said: "This company showed a total disregard to keeping its workers safe.
"They failed to meet even the most basic health and safety standards, continually exposing operatives to serious risks.
"HSE will not wait until workers are seriously injured, or worse and will take appropriate action including prosecutions when health and safety regulations are so blatantly flouted."
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