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Greengrocer fined for having no health and safety insurance

A greengrocer from Northumberland has been fined £2,100 and ordered to pay £1,850 in costs for not having the correct health and safety insurance.

Ian Gray, who was trading as I Gray Fruiterers in Ashington, was investigated by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) last summer.

He was found guilty of four breaches of the Employers' Liability (Compulsory Insurance) Act 1969 at Belington Magistrates' Court.

HSE inspector Andrea Robbins stated that there is no excuse for businesses to have no health and safety insurance.

"The insurance offers important protection for employers if an employee is injured or suffers from disease as a result of their work," she commented.

Employers' liability insurance is compulsory, whereas public liability insurance is generally voluntary.

The employer must display the certificate confirming their insurance where it can be viewed by staff.

Last year, in a similar case, Dipak Kumar Kantial Solanki, a shop owner from Cambridgeshire, was fined £1,000 for having no health and safety insurance.

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Posted on 23/03/2010

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