A building contractor has been sentenced over health and safety breaches after workers were pictured in their bare feet on a construction site. Mustapha Matib was found to have supervised unsafe work, which put his employees in danger.
An investigation carried out by the Health and Safety Executive found that Matib failed to prepare a construction phase plan. This should have included risk assessments and method statements detailing how the work would be carried out.
He also failed to appoint a site manager with suitable skills, knowledge and experience to plan, manage and monitor the work. Manchester Magistrates’ Court heard how between 2019 and 2020 Mustapha Matib had employed several groundworkers to excavate land at Gibraltar Lane, Denton in preparation for the construction of a family home.
