Car wash ordered to halt operations after serious safety breaches

Taunton Hand Car Wash has been served with a prohibition notice after breaching five workplace safety regulations, including repeated failures under the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and the Electricity at Work regulations.

The Health and Safety Executive found employees working near exposed live conductors without proper safeguards, creating an immediate and serious risk. Unlike an improvement notice, a prohibition notice requires dangerous activities to cease at once until compliance is proven.

The case underscores how lapses in basic safety standards can trigger swift enforcement and operational shutdowns, with direct implications for business continuity and reputation.

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