Having received a prohibition notice (never received one before) Is it worth me appealing or am I wasting my time as I am worried about spiralling costs Just looking for peoples experience with this process All info would be good Thanks in advance Alan

The inspector got it right, we are sub-contracting on site and our supervisor agreed to work out of sequence with principle contractor We never agreed this he took it upon himself, however we are to be punished after spending lots of money in educating our workforce to comply with all safety rules I feel cheesed that I have this on my record and have tried to apportion blame on PC as they were responsible for edge protection which they removed

PN is essentially a "STOP NOW" and would apply to the immediate activity and people directly involved. Involvement of a Principal Contractor etc. is irrelevant to the circumstance.

Fair point

I have given him a final written warning but it still does not get over the fact I will have a prohibition notice hanging over me Has any one successfully won or lost an appeal and what costs where involved It may be my point to pull out before costs spiral out of control

You can appeal a prohibition notice. As to the cost of this, well how long is a piece of string? The other consideration for you will be the fees for intervention (FFI) costs that you will incur as a result of the HSE intervention. While my organisation escaped any notice we did incur FFI fees as a result of their investigation of a RIDDOR reportable incident we had. For further information on appeals and FFI try these HSE links - http://www.hse.gov.uk/en...ces/tribunals-appeal.htm & http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/hse47.htm You have a right of appeal no matter what the circumstances or involvement of an HSE inspector or local authority enforcement officer. I should know I was an enforcement officer for a number of years. You also have the option apart from the above appeals process to go to the independent regulatory challenge panel who can look at the application of and decision of an regulator and decide whether they were correct or not. The link for more info is - http://news.hse.gov.uk/l...launched-5-january-2012/ At the end of the day it is for you to decide if there is room for an appeal and on what grounds, but you are entitled to do so if you so wish. Unfortunately with dual vicarious liability a lot of employers have to suffer due to the negligent acts of both employees and contractors.