Builders liability insurance holders have been warned about the consequences of not providing adequate toilet and washing facilities for workers after a Bridlington building firm boss was fined.
Bryan Brown, a partner in Bryan Brown & Son, was fined £2,000 with costs of £1,215 after pleading guilty to two health and safety breaches.
Bridlington Magistrates Court heard how a toilet unit was not plumbed in and there was no water supplied to sinks in a cabin at a site in High Green, Bridlington.
An enforcement notice was served on Mr Brown, but two subsequent inspections by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) found that measures had not been taken.
Geoff Clark, HSE inspector, said: "By failing to provide adequate welfare facilities on site, Bryan Brown subjected his employees to an unhygienic and potentially unsafe working environment."
Under the Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992, regulation 20 states that suitable and sufficient sanitary conveniences shall be provided at readily-accessible places.