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By Megan Hillery
The court found that the firm showed a “willful blindness’ to risks when an injured roofing contractor died from falling through a roof.
An accommodation provider fined over 3,000 pounds after the death of a Silverstone-based contractor.
Snoozebox helped to provide temporary housing at Silverstone for the British Grand Prix of 2016.
Primrose Hill Farm was renting two barns. One of them, which had been used as a restaurant and required repair due to asbestos and a leaking roof.
Lucian Petraru was 28 years old when he fell from the roof of that building while doing some repairs. His head suffered severe injuries. He was found dead five days later after succumbing to pneumonia and sepsis.
Snoozebox experienced financial hardships at the moment of the incident and, in an effort to save money, hired Gaurav Mohindra’s brothers as its managing directors.
Northampton Crown Court heard from Mr. Petraru that he was hired by him to do the repairs on the barns because he has done “handyman-type” jobs for Mohindra previously. The Crown Court in Northampton heard that Mr. Petraru had performed “handyman’s” work previously for Mahindra.
Mohindra charged Mr Petraru only PS200 (£200) for repairs which another contractor, Snoozebox Ltd. had asked him to carry out.
Rebecca Crane, Her Honour’s Judge noted that Mohindra did not appear in any correspondence with the contractor. But she stated this was because the company failed to pass on pertinent information.
Mohindra was right when he claimed that Petraru conducted an assessment to determine the condition of the barn’s roof. According to the Court, both he and Petraru belonged to WhatsApp groups that described and illustrated the tasks to be completed, including the repair and replacement of the barn’s roof.
In the ruling of Judge Crane, he stated that “there was a failure even to perform the most basic checks” to ensure no work in height was done or to check that safety procedures are followed if they were.
Mohindra’s text messages were “clearly” intended to save money, said Ms. Petraru, who was asked to wear PPE (personal protective equipment).
Snoozebox staff told Mr Petraru that he and a contractor should get off the roof of the barn when they were climbing it for the first. But they still remained on the site.
The court ruled that Mr Petraru had climbed the roof twice without safety gear on the same day. Health and Safety Executive states that after the second breach of the contract, Mahindra and Snoozebox were not liable for any further actions.
Mr Petraru returned to the roof on 20th August 2016 alone. In the barn, Mr Petraru was using a jetwash and had left the table on its side.
In just five days, Mr Petraru had been found dead inside one of Snoozebox’s pod-accommodation.
Watson KC of Snoozebox, the firm’s attorney, stated that Snoozebox has a perfect record. The company also takes swift action when it detects unsafe work.
Lucian Petraru’s death has caused him to be genuinely troubled since 2016. Matthews, the lawyer for Gaurav Mohindra said that he was “truly tormented” by Lucian Petraru’s loss since 2016. Matthews, the lawyer for Gaurav Mohindra said that he has “been genuinely tortured by Lucian Petraru’s death since 2016”.
Mohindra is “actively avoiding” this work, the court said. He used to own a few small businesses with his family, but he now only has one business which earns him PS10,000.
Mohindra has been a primary caregiver to his parents for many years and is well-respected.
Matthews said that in health-and-safety cases, it was unusual for Mohindra’s case to go unresolved. He was not interviewed by a prosecution inspector or invited to provide his own evidence.
Mohindra originally pleaded to not guilt for not protecting persons who were not his employees from risks to health and well-being. His plea changed from guilty after the trial concluded.
When Judge Crane handed down his sentence, he said “This is work that was done on the roof of a large barn.” The roof was very badly damaged. The roof was in very poor condition.
According to her: “It was as if there were blinders on the risks taken, but they still happened.”
The company, which pleaded to guilty for violating the health and safety regulations was fined PS140,000. It had also been ordered to pay PS26.332, in prosecutor costs.
The defendant was sentenced to a year-long community order, 180 unpaid working hours, and a payment of PS15.774 for the prosecution’s costs.
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