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The director of a construction company has been handed a suspended sentenced after a subcontractor suffered severe injuries when a stack of plasterboards fell on him<\/h2>\n

Brighton Magistrates\u2019 Court heard how on 12 April 2019, subcontractors<\/a> were moving sheets of plasterboard weighing 32kg each from the ground floor to the second floor of a house undergoing refurbishment in Thames Ditton, Surrey. As there was no staircase in place, they were stacking the plasterboard against an unsecured ladder and sliding them up to the floor above. During the process the plasterboards fell on the worker, fracturing his pelvis.<\/p>\n

HSE investigation<\/h3>\n

An investigation by the Health and Safety Executive<\/a> (HSE) revealed there was no safe system of work in place and the workers were not being adequately supervised.<\/p>\n

The stairwell openings were not safeguarded and they were partially spanned with scaffold boards resting on insecure scaffold poles, creating a significant fall risk<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Siamak Samyani the sole director of SS Reforms Limited pleaded guilty to breaching Section 37 of the Health and Safety at Work Etc Act 1974. He was sentenced to 20 weeks in custody suspended for 12 months, fined \u00a33,400 and ordered to pay costs of \u00a3600.<\/p>\n

Speaking after the hearing, HSE inspector Andrew Cousins, said: \u201cThis was a wholly avoidable incident, caused by the failure of the director to devise and implement a suitable safe system of work.<\/p>\n

\u201cCompanies should be aware that HSE will not hesitate to take appropriate enforcement action against those who fall below the required standards.\u201d<\/p>\n

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