| Trainees |
|
Trainees & Young Workers
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) recently reminded companies to ensure that they pay attention to trainees health and safety needs and that they are supervised properly.
As many school leavers embark on their first journey into work experience with companies across the UK, this is a reminder that training and supervision of young workers is of utmost importance.
The warning came after three companies and a manager were fined a total of £217,500 plus £125,000 costs at Manchester Crown Court for breaching health and safety law, following the death of a 17-year-old trainee scaffolder.
The young man died in January 2004 after falling approximately 18 metres whilst working to construct a scaffold within a 20-metre high sewage digester tank.
This young man's death, at the very start of his working life was not only a tragedy, it was also entirely preventable. Had those responsible assessed the work properly and ensured that he was supervised at all times by a qualified scaffolder, then he would not have been killed.
|
|
|
