A company director was cautioned and his firm fined more than £100,000 over health and safety failings at new build housing developments which led to workers being put 'at risk'. Work building properties on one Mullberry Homes site in Middleton was stopped by the Health and Safety Executive.
The HSE also noted health and safety breaches at sites in Liverpool and Barrow-in-Furness. Manchester Crown Court was told that an inspection was carried out at the firm's development in Boarshaw Clough, Middleton.
Breaches of health and safety noted by inspectors included 'work at height' regulations and the potential exposure of workers to potentially carcinogenic 'brick dust'. HSE inspector Matt Greenly ordered work to be stopped at the Middleton site.
