1.

The construction activity described is the new construction of a roof where the fall hazard
existed
2. The three main reasons are moral and money, financial costs, and regulation through
legislation, laws.
3. The first reason ia s moral, contractor in this a case had moral responsibility to save lives and
adhere to coroport social responsibility but failed to do so. Secondly, the contractor did not
follow regulations and safety guidelines by performing risk assessment of the site. Finally, the
contractor as explained in the suffered heavy financial losses when the court decided to fine the
contractor 300,000 pounds.

4. As the persecution was on going in the court before the decision being announced, the
construction sector still witnessed fatalities and accidents however, persecution dropped and
so as fatalities by around 3rd in the year 2017. UK construction industry also suffered financially
as the statistics reveal that it costed the industry seven billion pounds.

5. Under the CDM 2015, the five main people responsible are; clients, designers, principal
contractors and contractors. All of these people in the above case had some responsibility to
ensure HSE and the core tasks of HSE must have been followed by the contractor and overseen
by the principal contractor and client to make sure that subcontractor followed the HSE rules
and regulations.

6. The general duties of employer are: Must provide drinking water, sanitary conveninces,
washing facilities, changing rooms and lockers, rest and eating facilities.