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Two construction companies have been fined \u00a346,000 after a bricklayer was injured when a working platform failed<\/h2>\n

Durham Crown Court heard how, on 1 July 2019, Dere Street Homes Limited was acting as principal contractor and provided components for a proprietary polypropylene working platform at a new build at Marley Fields in County Durham.<\/p>\n

SGS Construction & Design Limited was acting as a contractor and supplied workers to erect the working platform.<\/p>\n

HSE investigation<\/h3>\n

An investigation by the Health and Safety Executive<\/a> (HSE) found that a number of components were missing from the working platform.<\/p>\n

Although previously workers supplied by SGS were formally trained in the erection of the components to form a safe working<\/a> platform, the worker who erected the failed platform had not received adequate training.<\/p>\n

The signing off as a safe working platform had earlier been undertaken by a site manager<\/a> working for Dere Street Homes. When this manager left, a number of months prior to the incident, the inspection and signing off of the platform was no longer undertaken.<\/p>\n

Dere Street Homes pleaded guilty to breaching Regulation 13(1) of the Construction (Design & Management) Regulations and was fined \u00a338,000 and ordered to pay costs of \u00a35,367.30.<\/p>\n

SGS Construction & pleaded guilty to breaching Regulation 15(2) of the Construction (Design & Management) Regulations and was fined \u00a38,000 and ordered to pay costs of \u00a32,683.60.<\/p>\n

After the hearing, HSE principal inspector Rob Hirst, said: \u201cAlthough the worker did not suffer life-changing injuries, there was a potential for more serious injury.<\/p>\n

\u201cThose in control of work have a responsibility to ensure that workers are adequately trained, properly supervised, and work activities are appropriately monitored.\u201d<\/p>\n

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