A building company and its Director have been prosecuted after failing to comply with prohibition notices at a construction site.

D & S Building Solutions Ltd of George V Avenue, Pinner, Middlesex, has been fined £2,000 with £2,000 in costs after pleading guilty to two counts of breaching Section 22 of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974.

Daniel Schipor, the company's Director, has also been fined £2,000 with £2,000 in costs after pleading guilty to breaching two counts of Section 37 by virtue of Section 22 of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974.

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Westminster Magistrates’ Court heard how D & S Solutions, under the control of Mr Schipor, was issued with two prohibition notices on site. It was found that persons were at serious risk of fall and injury from the unprotected edges of an excavation and at immediate risk of injury from potential collapse of the unsupported excavation.

A Health and Safety Executive (HSE) found both the company and Mr Schipor had not taken any steps to comply with the prohibition notices prohibiting any work near the open edge of the excavation, and had not taken measures to prevent dislodgement of material and collapse of the excavation.

Speaking after the hearing, HSE inspector Saif Deen said: "The risks associated with work related to excavations are well known throughout the construction industry.

"D & S Building Solutions Ltd and Daniel Schipor failed to comply with prohibition notices and continued to put persons at risk of serious injury."

(LM/MH)