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 Hotel fined £20,000 (click for more...)
The Health and Safety section of Manchester City Council’s Environmental Health division has successfully prosecuted Jarvis Hotels PLC for two breaches of the Health & Safety at Work etc. Act 1974.

At a hearing at Manchester Magistrates Court on Wednesday February 26 2003, the company pleaded guilty to two offences. It received fines totaling £20,000 and was ordered to pay £1,722.45 costs to the City Council.

The first incident occurred on March 5 2002 when a hotel employee received an electric shock while unplugging a "hot box", used to keep food warm. The top of the plug casing was later found to be broken and the employee had touched a live part as he grasped the plug.

The second incident, occurring on March 13 2002, involved a guest staying at the hotel. She received an electric shock when she attempted to plug in a portable heater from which
the back case of the plug was missing.
 

Councillor Val Stevens, Manchester City Council’s Executive Member for Planning and Environment, said:

"We shall continue to prosecute companies in breach of health and safety regulations in order to reinforce good practice and to foster more responsible attitudes to health and safety issues."

Extract from Manchester City Council: http://www.manchester.gov.uk/news/2003/feb/shock.htm