Makro in court after shopper injured

Prosecutions and Claims |
04.09.2008

Wholesaler Makro Self Service has been prosecuted after a shopper at its Kirkby outlet broke her arm.

The 57-year-old woman couldn't work for six weeks after the incident in March 2007.

Knowsley Council inspectors visited the store and found a hole in the floor, which had been packed with cardboard and covered in tape. The tape looked very worn.

Makro pleaded guilty before Knowsley magistrates to two offences - under the Health and Safety at Work Act and the Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations - and was fined £5000 with £2700 costs.