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A lad on the roof. Nobody footing the ladder. Could you show who is trained, on the day?

A real prosecution in Northampton, what HSE, a principal contractor or an employee's solicitor will ask you, and how PHW trains your people on your own site so you have the answer on the day.

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What the film covers

Three things a roofing firm needs to be able to show.

The fine

A firm in Northampton was fined sixteen thousand, six hundred and fifty pounds pounds

A worker fell through an uncovered skylight opening. The case is on record in our real cases library.

Read the case
The claim

No records, no defence

If one of your own people is hurt and claims against you, your training records are your evidence. HSE, a principal contractor or an employee's solicitor will ask who is trained, and you need the answer on the day.

The cost to fix

Seven hundred and eighty pounds a day

Four people trained and assessed on your own site is seven hundred and eighty pounds a day, or one hundred and ninety-five pounds per operator, minimum of four. A written safe-system pack is seventy-nine pounds a topic.

Read the film as text

Kingsley Roofing Contractors Limited in Northampton was fined sixteen thousand, six hundred and fifty pounds after a worker fell through an uncovered skylight opening. That is a criminal fine. No insurance policy pays it. The same law applies to your site. Two hundred and fifty thousand pounds. The sentencing starting point for the most serious breaches, firms under two million pounds turnover. If someone dies, the police investigate. The charge can be corporate manslaughter. And a director can go to prison. And if one of your own people is hurt and claims against you, your training records are your defence. No records, no defence.

A lad on the roof. Nobody footing the ladder. No cover on the skylight. Nothing written down. Then HSE, a principal contractor or an employee's solicitor asks who is trained. You need the answer on the day.

Against that: four people trained and assessed on your own site is seven hundred and eighty pounds a day. A written safe-system pack is seventy-nine pounds a topic. PHW trains and assesses your people on your own site and machines: MEWP, ladders, abrasive wheels. Every certificate has a QR code. Scan for the live record. PHW writes your work at height procedures, and keeps a training matrix: gaps and refreshers.

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