14/10/2010 - Firm fined for lack of insurance
A steel pipework manufacturer has been fined for not buying the correct insurance to protect its workers.
Essex firm Ductwork Environmental Services Ltd was fined £1,000 and ordered to pay £750 in costs after it failed to produce an up-to-date Employers' Liability Compulsory Insurance certificate during a Health and Safety Executive (HSE) inspection in June 2010.
The company pleaded guilty to five breaches of Section 1(1) of the Employers' Liability (Compulsory Insurance) Act 1969 at Harlow Magistrates' Court.
HSE Inspector David King said: "The Employers' Liability (Compulsory Insurance) Act 1969 requires all employers have insurance to cover employees for injury or ill health caused whilst at work. Failure to have such insurance could leave any employee who has an accident, or suffers ill health because of work unable to obtain compensation for their suffering, which potentially leaves employees doubly vulnerable. This case should serve as a warning to all employers about how seriously HSE takes this issue."
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