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Stockport Development Limited fined £45,000 after multiple safety failures across a construction site

Stockport, Cheshire · Manchester Magistrates' Court

What happened

An HSE inspection of a Manchester construction site found multiple safety failures including missing edge protection, damaged security fencing, absent fire safety equipment and inadequate welfare facilities. The company had already received enforcement action at four previous sites between 2021 and 2023 and repeatedly failed to comply with its principal contractor duties.

Injuries: no injury: multiple site safety failures identified

The breach

Regulation 13(1) of the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015

The sentence

  • Fine: £45,000
  • Costs: £6,297
HSE inspector

“This company showed a total disregard for keeping its workers and members of the public safe.”

What would have prevented it

Principal contractors must have edge protection, fire safety equipment and welfare facilities in place before work starts, and act on enforcement notices without delay.

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Source: HSE press release, Cheshire-based property developer fined £45,000 for multiple construction site failures