{"id":19978,"date":"2015-09-07T08:53:13","date_gmt":"2015-09-07T08:53:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=19978"},"modified":"2015-09-07T08:53:13","modified_gmt":"2015-09-07T08:53:13","slug":"roofing-firm-receives-fine-apprentice-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/health-safety-news\/roofing-firm-receives-fine-apprentice-death\/19978\/","title":{"rendered":"Roofing firm receives fine for apprentice death"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span>The death of a 16-year-old labourer has resulted in a hefty fine for a London based roofing company for failing to ensure health and safety measures\u2026<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Enfield-based Rooftop Rooms Ltd has been fined \u00a3325,000 for failing to ensure an apprentice under their care was safe when working. The firm, which pleaded guilty to the charges levelled against it, was also ordered to pay costs of \u00a312,187.78 and health and safety charges of \u00a37,334.84.<\/p>\n<p>The case was brought before Snaresbrook Crown Court and involved the death of a 16-year-old apprentice, Alfie Perrin. On 14 November 2012 he was clearing rubbish and timber off-cuts from the rear roof area of a two-storey property. He did this by transferring them over the flat roof of the dormer extension and down the pitched roof at the front of the house. He was then instructed to throw the material into the skip on the ground below.<\/p>\n<p>The flat dormer roof had no edge protection in place and there were large gaps in the scaffold platform where a ladder should have been fitted or scaffold poles used to reduce the risk of falls. However, neither of these safety measures were in place.<\/p>\n<p>After throwing a bag of rubble from the scaffold platform into the skip, Mr Perrin fell, receiving significant head injuries, which subsequently caused his death.<\/p>\n<p>Officers from the <a href=\"http:\/\/content.met.police.uk\/Site\/homicidemajorcrime\" target=\"_blank\"><span>Metropolitan Police\u2019s Homicide and Major Crime Command<\/span><\/a> worked alongside the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hse.gov.uk\" target=\"_blank\"><span>Health and Safety Executive<\/span><\/a> (HSE) to investigate the incident. Charges were subsequently brought against the firm.<\/p>\n<p>Rooftop Rooms Ltd admitted liability, pleading guilty to failure to discharge a duty imposed by Section 2(1) and Section 33(1) of the Health and Safety at Work Act. The firm also pleaded guilty to failing to protect Mr Perrin to risks to his health and safety.<\/p>\n<p>Rooftop Rooms Ltd was ordered by Judge Martin Zeidman QC to pay \u00a3100,000 by 31 December, a further \u00a3100,000 by 31 December 2016, and the remaining balance by 31 December 2017.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cI am pleased that the directors of the company Colin Allison and Gary Smith are here because there are things they need to hear \u2013 the bottom line is that Rooftop Rooms has behaved very badly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRooftop Rooms has caused the death of a 16-year-old apprentice, Alfie, now obviously no one intended that to happen \u2013 that\u2019s why it\u2019s not murder or manslaughter \u2013 but the company does deserve to be punished.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The judge said concerns regarding throwing waste material from height into skips without a shoot\u2014known as bombing\u2014had been raised with the firm previously, which led him disregard the assertion it had been a \u201cremote\u201d case.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI regard it as a significant aggravating factor that there has been previous complaints of bombing \u2013 the fact it didn\u2019t lead to conviction doesn\u2019t dilute the significance of the point \u2013 knowing that it happened, management should have taken steps to make sure it was not repeated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe message is this \u2013 those who employ young people have a duty to ensure particular care to deal with youngsters.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey may be anxious to please and it may make them less able to assess risk. They may find it hard to refuse to take on a dangerous activity \u2013 no young person wants to appear a wimp and so they shouldn\u2019t be put in that position.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Andrew Voy, an employee of the company, was found not guilty of manslaughter at the same court earlier in the year.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mk-custom-module-container\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The death of a 16-year-old labourer has resulted in a hefty fine for a London based roofing company for failing to ensure health and safety measures\u2026 Enfield-based Rooftop Rooms Ltd has been fined \u00a3325,000 for failing to ensure an apprentice under their care was safe when working. 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