Prohibition Notice

This report is aimed at those who control the activities of the business, for example senior management who control employees in the work place, the executive directors and the board of directors, to help them understand the importance and potential consequences of management failing in their responsibility to effectively manage risks associated with hazards in the work place. There are so many horror stories and reports of accidents and deaths caused by negligence in the workplace; these have massive effects on the employee, the employee’s family and friends and also a huge impact on the company and reputation of the company.
So what is the cost when things go wrong?
Penalty- Notices under section 21, 22 and 23 of the health and safety at
One may also be served in relation to activities which are being, or like to be carried on, and which any of the relevant statuary provisions apply. A prohibition notice may direct that the activity should not be carried on by or under the control of the person on whom the notice is served unless the matters giving rise to the inspector’s opinion have been remedied.
One case study published by the HSE showed that a managing director of a manufacturing company which had around one hundred employees was sentenced before the court to 12 months in prison for manslaughter, following the death of an employee who got caught in a piece of machinery that was unguarded. The investigation later revealed that if the machinery was guarded the death would have been avoided.
Companies and organisations can be found guilty of corporate manslaughter as a result of serious management failures resulting in a gross breach of a duty of care. The corporate manslaughter and corporate homicide act 2007 came into force on the 6th of April 2008, penalties against the company or organisation are as followed:
• Unlimited