Hertfordshire based bakery company, Arnaouti Pitta Bread Bakery Limited, have been fined £36,000 for safety failings.
The company were inspected in April 2015 by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) where four improvement notices were issued.
The HSE found that the electrical network was not operated or maintained in a safe condition, guarding to machinery was not up to standard, and no health surveillance was in place to monitor the risk from exposure to flour dust. The firm were prosecuted by the HSE after they failed to comply with the improvements set out in the notices within the given deadline.
Arnaouti Pitta Bread Bakery Limited pleaded guilty to contravening the requirements imposed by the Improvement Notices, and breaching the:
The company were fined £36,000 and ordered to pay costs of £1912.80.
