News Item: Construction Company Fined for Repeated Health and Safety Failings

Construction company, Urban Living Constructions Limited, has been fined following a Health and Safety Executive (HSE) inspection which identified numerous health and safety failings.

Westminster Magistrates' Court heard that an inspection of a construction site in Roseneath Road, London (SW11) on 5 August 2019 identified numerous health and safety breaches. These included locations on site that had no edge protection to prevent falls, including a plank that traversed a basement extension to provide access into the property.

There were also insufficient measures in place to prevent the collapse of the sides of a large excavation.  HSE had previously inspected other Urban Living Constructions sites between 2015 and 2019. During this time two prohibition notices were served in relation to unsafe work at height and one prohibition notice was served in relation to an unsafe excavation.

Urban Living Constructions Limited of The Broadway, Woodford Green, Essex, pleaded guilty to a breach of Section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974. The court fined Urban Living Constructions £50,000 and awarded full costs of £6,578.84.