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Scaffolding company fined after workers suffers life changing injury in fall from scaffolding (23 November 2015)
Date: 23/11/2015
The Health and Safety executive has prosecuted a scaffolding firm, after a worker suffered life changing injuries after falling from scaffolding.
On 23 July 2013, at Berkley Crescent in Clifton, Bristol, the unnamed employee was dismantling a scaffold structure when he fell, causing life-changing head injuries.
The worker was employed by the Bristol-based company Tubular Access Scaffolds Limited.
A subsequent investigation into the incident by HSE found that that there was no evidence of preventative measures taken by the company before the incident.
At Bristol Magistrates’ Court, Tubular Access Scaffolds Limited of Duckmoor Road, Ashton in Bristol was fined a total of £26,250, after pleading guilty to offences under Regulation 4(1) of the Work at Height Regulations 2005.
Speaking after the hearing, Health and Safety Executive principal inspector Helena Tinton said:
“If the company had managed a safe system of work, with properly trained and equipped scaffolders, then the employee would not have suffered such terrible injuries.”
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