Housing provider's £32,000 fine after workers developed 'vibration' illnesses

GUIDELINES BREACHED ON PROLONGED USE OF POWER TOOLS

- By GEORGE PALMER-SOADY

A HOUSING provider owned by Nottingham City Council has been fined £32,000 after workers were diagnosed with health conditions.

Nottingham City Homes, an arms-length company owned by the council, was the subject of an investigation by the national workplace health and safety regulator after staff were left with vibration-related conditions such as Hand-Arm Vibration Syndrome (HAVS).

The Health and Safety Executive had received more than ten reports of vibration-related ill-health in a short period of time by workers from Nottingham City Homes, which managed the council's social housing from 2005 until 2023.