A Health & Safety Executive (HSE) inspection of The Joinery Yard Limited at Sweet Briar Road industrial estate, Norwich in November 2019 found failings in the company’s control measures to protect employees from breathing in wood dust.
Wood dust is a respiratory sensitiser that can cause long term health effects including occupational asthma.
After the first HSE visit, The Joinery Yard was slapped with an enforcement notice.
However, a subsequent inspection in July 2022 showed that the company had failed to maintain standards and enforcement action was taken again. This inspection identified failings in the company’s control measures and found that it had failed to take appropriate precautions to ensure the safety of workers exposed to wood dust.
At a hearing at Norwich Magistrate