A well-known recycling centre and scrap yard has been told its site creates a 'risk of serious injury or death'.
Sackers, based in Gipping Road, Great Blakenham, has been hit with an improvement notice by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE).
The company was issued with two improvement notices - one declaring the site as dangerous for pedestrians and the other slamming the lack of health surveillance for employees.
The national regulator slapped Sackers with the notices on June 12 and determined the matter as still 'ongoing'.
The HSE stated in the first improvement notice that Sackers failed to organise its site in such a way that "pedestrians and vehicles can circulate in a safe manner".
They added: "You [Sackers] have previously painted pedestrian routes and crossing points that are no longer sufficiently visible.
"There is no clear segregation or protection along these routes for pedestrians and vehicles, such as armco barriers or similar.
"There is a risk of serious personal injury or death from vehicles and pedestrians colliding."
This comes after Sackers was issued with an improvement notice by the HSE for the same issue in 2024.
The HSE said at the time that the company failed to segregate vehicles such as lorries from pedestrians such as by the provision of floor markings or barriers.
However, the regulator deemed that the notice was complied with in June 2024.
A HSE spokesperson told this paper: "On a subsequent visit to the same site in May 2026, HSE inspectors identified similar issues [to 2024] and therefore issued a further Improvement Notice as the site had again fallen below the expected standards."
Alongside the new notice around the safety of the site, Sackers was also told it has failed to monitor the health of its employees.
"You [Sackers] have failed to provide suitable health surveillance, including hearing tests, to your employees who are, or are liable to be, exposed to noise," the HSE said.
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"You informed me that you previously had occupational health surveillance in place but that this had been stopped.
"Employees exposed to noise should have their hearing periodically tested to assess any deterioration and to assess whether the control measures in place for noise are adequate."
Sackers was contacted for comment.
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