{"id":114472,"date":"2022-08-19T11:18:21","date_gmt":"2022-08-19T10:18:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=114472"},"modified":"2022-08-19T11:18:21","modified_gmt":"2022-08-19T10:18:21","slug":"waste-management-company-fined-after-worker-dies-from-fatal-fall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/health-safety-news\/waste-management-company-fined-after-worker-dies-from-fatal-fall\/114472\/","title":{"rendered":"Waste management company fined after worker dies from fatal fall"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"entry-title\">A waste management company has been fined \u00a3190,000 after a contractor died from a fatal fall from height whilst carrying out maintenance work<\/h2>\n<p class=\"entry-title\">The worker was an experienced maintenance contractor who was part of a team under the control and direction of Wiltshire-based Hills Waste Solutions Limited.<\/p>\n<p class=\"entry-title\">He sustained <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/health-safety-news\/hse-publishes-workplace-fatality-figures-2021-2022\/112900\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">fatal injuries<\/a> in the fall on November 18, 2020, while working on a mechanical screening and separating plant on the Hills Waste Solutions site in Stephenson Road, Westbury.<\/p>\n<h3>The waste management company failed to ensure that the correct safety measures were met<\/h3>\n<p>An investigation by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) found that Hills Waste Solutions Limited failed to ensure that work at height was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hse.gov.uk\/simple-health-safety\/risk\/index.htm?utm_source=hse.gov.uk&amp;utm_medium=refferal&amp;utm_campaign=risk&amp;utm_content=home-page-popular\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">properly assessed and planned<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The waste management company failed to consider and identify how the necessary work at height could be carried out safely to ensure that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/health-safety-news\/fatal-injuries-in-construction\/96029\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">risk of falls<\/a> was controlled.<\/p>\n<h3>The HSE investigation found that the incident could have been prevented with the correct planning<\/h3>\n<p>Hills Waste Solutions Limited pleaded guilty to breaching Regulation 4(1) of the Work at Height Regulations 2005.<\/p>\n<p>The company was fined \u00a3190,000 and ordered to pay costs of \u00a314,816, with a victim surcharge of \u00a3190 at Aldershot Magistrates\u2019 Court on August 17, 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking after the hearing HSE inspector Matt Tyler said: \u201cThose in control of work have a duty to assess the risks and devise safe methods of working and to provide the necessary information, instruction and training to those undertaking the work.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis <a 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