Warning for companies after work experience boy injured

Businesses have be warned to ensure they are fulfilling their health and safety responsibilities when employing work experience staff.

The warning comes after Wigan construction company William Hargreaves Ltd was fined £1,500 and ordered to pay £1,774 costs after pleading guilty to a criminal charge brought by the HSE. The case was heart at Hyndburn Magistrates' Court after a 15-year-old work experience boy fell approximately 3m from scaffolding above a loading bay.

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