Site boss fined for locking out safety inspectors

A man who was in control of a construction site in Scotland has been fined for not allowing two HSE inspectors access to the site to deal with unsafe work.
In 2021 multiple concerns about unsafe work at a construction site in Irvine had been reported to the HSE and on March 16 two inspectors attended the site and observed dangerous work at height taking place on a steel structure.
The inspectors tried to gain entry to the site, but the gates were locked. They spoke to the person in control of th