HSE | A renovation company in South Wales has been sentenced after defying enforcement notices from HSE.
Greenlife Property Developments Ltd carried out unsafe excavation work in a 2.5 m deep trench without securing the sides, risk assessment, or site barriers. HSE served a Prohibition Notice and two Improvement Notices, which the company breached by continuing work and failing to implement safe systems.
In January 2025, the company was found guilty of breaching Sections 33(1)(c) and 33(1)(g) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974. It was fined £40,000 and ordered to pay £5,812.57 in costs.
“Every year people are killed or seriously injured by collapsing and falling materials while working in excavations… The fine imposed should highlight to everyone in the construction industry that courts and HSE take failure to comply with enforcement notices extremely seriously.”
