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BBC News
5 days ago
- Business
- BBC News
Three major investigations at Jersey workplaces
Three major incident investigations were carried out at Jersey workplaces in 2024, the island's health and safety regulator has said. In its annual report, the Health and Safety Inspectorate said it responded to 51 investigations into serious workplace accidents and ill health conditions during the year, as well as 140 regulator said it served 36 enforcement notices, 12 prohibition notices and 24 for report also said accidents and ill health in the workplace had cost the island more than £1.75m in 2024. The regulator said the three major investigations included Skinner Skips to the report, the employer was found guilty for failure to ensure the health and safety of its employees. It was fined £55,000 with an additional charge of £5,000 for remaining two major investigations saw one paramedic and one technician for the ambulance service found guilty of a breach of Article 4(a) HSW Law. The article states that employees have a duty under Article 4(a) to take reasonable care for their own health and safety, and that of others who may be affected by their men were each given a two-year conditional discharge with costs of £500. The defendants sought leave to appeal which was dismissed.
The Independent
06-05-2025
- The Independent
Pontins in court over death of grandmother at resort
The parent company of Pontins holiday parks has appeared in court in connection with a grandmother's death. Eighteen people were injured at the Brean Sands site near Burnham-on-Sea in Somerset in February 2019 when a 40-metre section of structural ducting and ceiling fell inside an entertainment area. Grandmother Wendy Jones, 68, was among six people taken to hospital after she sustained serious injuries. She died in August 2019. Pontins' parent company, Britannia Jinky Jersey Ltd, has been accused of corporate manslaughter between January 1, 2015 and February 21, 2019. The charge alleges the company 'managed and organised its activities in such a way so as to cause the death of Wendy Jones in that exposed Wendy Jones to the risk of death from the collapse of the ventilation ducting, which was positioned at height in the Fun Factory at its Brean Sands site, in gross breach of its duty to take reasonable care for the safety of Wendy Jones as an organisation carrying out activities on a commercial basis and as an occupier of premises'. Stephen Bennison, 59, of Farington, Lancashire, has been charged with failing to discharge general health/safety duty to a person other than an employee under Section 3 of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 between January 1, 2015 and February 21, 2019. The charge alleges he 'being self-employed within the meaning of the Health and Safety at Work Act failed to conduct his undertaking, namely as a contractor carrying out sound-prodding work at Pontins Brean Sands in such a way as to ensure so far as reasonably practicable that persons not being his employees and who may be affected thereby, namely members of the public, including Wendy Jones, were not exposed to risks to their health and safety, namely the risk posed by overloaded ductwork in the Fun Factory'. The two defendants appeared before Bristol Magistrates' Court where District Judge Lynne Matthews sent the case to Bristol Crown Court for trial, where they will next appear on June 9. They did not enter any pleas to the respective charges they face. Bennison was released on unconditional bail. Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service confirmed at the time it had been called to reports of a section of ducting collapsing into the bar area of a building at the holiday park. It said approximately 40 metres of structural ducting and ceiling sections had fallen, exposing live damaged electrics. Pontins Brean Sands is currently closed to tourists, with EDF housing workers at the holiday park as part of the Hinkley Point C project. The energy giant has a three-year-deal with Britannia, who owns Pontins, to use it for their workers until it reverts back to a holiday spot in either 2026 or 2027.
