Health And Safety Failings – Lifting equipment leads to £90,000 fine

Lifting equipment leads to £90,000 fine

Key Facts

• A Wrexham based coach firm have been prosecuted for failing to comply with LOLER regulations.
• The subsequent HSE investigation found that the company had at least 14 items with outstanding LOLER examinations.
• They were fined £90,000 plus costs of £3,068.

The Case

After repeatedly failing to comply with legal notices to get its lifting equipment thoroughly examined to ensure that health and safety conditions were maintained and to detect and remedy any deterioration.

The subsequent HSE investigation found that the Wrexham-based coach company had at least 14 items with outstanding LOLER examinations. An improvement notice was served, and extended twice, but there was still a failure to comply. It was also found that a previous improvement notice had been served in 2011.

The case was heard at Mold Magistrates’ Court where the company pleaded guilty to breaching Regulation 9(3)(a)(ii) of the Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998 (LOLER), and failing to comply with an Improvement Notice. They were fined £90,000 and ordered to pay costs of £3,068.

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