The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has prosecuted a Hertfordshire bakery for safety failings which could have put workers at risk.
During an inspection of Arnaouti Pitta Bread Bakery Ltd in Hoddesdon, HSE inspectors found that the electrical network was not operated or maintained in a safe condition, guarding to machinery was not up to standard – and there was no health surveillance for exposure to flour dust.
HSE prosecuted the firm after they failed to comply with the improvements set out in the notices within the deadline.
At Stevenage Magistrates’ Court on 6 September 2016, Arnaouti Pitta Bread Bakery Limited of Stephenson Close in Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire pleaded guilty to breaching Regulation11(1) of the Provision (and Use) of Work Equipment Regulations 1998, Regulation 4(2) of the Electricity at Work Regulations 1989 and Regulation 11 of the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002, by contravening the requirements imposed by the Improvement Notices.
The company was fined £36,000 and ordered to pay costs of £1,912.80.
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