Boss punished for dodging fine after employee's 'horrific injury'

A construction firm boss has been banned from running a company after failing to pay fines following an accident that left a worker with life-changing injuries.

Derbyshire Live reports that Michael Allen was a Director of Allen and Hunt Construction Engineers Limited, in Thorpe, a specialist company which manufactured and erected steel-framed agricultural and industrial buildings.

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In July 2014, a worker at his company was carrying out repairs on a farm building in Buxton when they fell through a roof, suffering serious injuries.

When the HSE investigated the accident, they found that the company had failed to carry out health and safety plans for the site, did not properly train the employee to carry out fragile roof work and the equipment was inadequate and insufficient for the risks posed.