Pub company fined £71,500 over fall

The Punch Pub Company has been fined £65,000 and ordered to pay £6,500 costs after a visiting hygiene consultant fell through rotten timber steps at a Hemel Hempstead premises.

Environmental health officers found the company had consistently failed to replace the wooden steps despite the fact that they had been advised to replace the stairs with steel stairs.  Instead the stairs were patched up on several occasions.

For more information on workplace risks and responsibilities visit the HSE website here.