Dagenham-based Dantel Construction was working on a site in Southend in March 2014 when it received a visit from a Health & Safety Executive (HSE) inspector. The site was issued with an improvement notice for its sub-standard sanitation facilities for workers on site.
But a return visit found that standards were still inadequate two months after the date of compliance of the improvement notice.
Dantel Construction Ltd was fined £ 2,000 and ordered to pay £1,940 in costs after pleading guilty to a breach of Section 33(1)(g) of the Health and Safety at Work act.
HSE inspector Adam Hills said: “Construction workers have the right to sanitary and welfare facilities including having an adequate supply of hot and cold running water. There is really no excuse to subject workers to pre-Victorian conditions. Sadly, however, these basic requirements are too often neglected.
“A cold water tap and toilet on their own are not adequate. Decent facilities will positively benefit health and well-being and help prevent ailments and infection.”
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