K-Line fined £15k for contractor death

Commercial Motor

December 11, 2009

Middlesex-based freight forwarder K-Line Logistics has been ordered to pay almost £20,000 after a roofer employed at the firm fell to his death.

On 8 December at the City of London Magistrates' Court, the Feltham-based firm pleaded guilty to breaching health and safety regulations by not assessing the competency of the roofing contractors it had employed.

According to the Health & Safety Executive (HSE), Richard Gibbs from Westminster died when he fell 7m to the floor through a fragile roof sheet on 31 January 2007. He had not received any training as a roofer and had been given only limited instructions before starting the job.

The group of workers had been contracted to carry out repairs on the roof by K-Line Logistics, but no checks were undertaken to assess the contractors.

"It is vital that employers take steps to assess the competencey of those they contract to undertake work, and on their premises, particularly high-risk work," says HSE inspector Owen Yorath.

The company was fined £15,000 with costs of £4,752.

K-Line Logistics has so far declined to comment on the case.

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