A Bristol-based solar panel installation company has been prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), after a 49-year-old worker fell more than 3.5 metres through a void in a roof.
The injured worker was one of several contracted by Solarjen Limited – known as Paul O’Brien Solar Installations (SW) Limited at the time of the incident – to undertake roof works at Fairlawn School, Montpelier in Bristol in June 2015.
As a result of the fall, the worker sustained serious injuries, including bleeding on the brain, a fractured spleen and fractured ribs.
An investigation by the Health and Safety Executive found that the company had failed to ensure physical guarding was in place to prevent the worker and his colleagues from falling through voids in the roof. The investigation also found the company had failed to supervise the work appropriately.
At Bristol Magistrates’ Court, Solarjen Limited of Victoria Grove, Bedminster in Bristol pleaded guilty to breaching Regulation 4(1) of the Work at Height Regulations 2005. The company was fined £250,000 and ordered to pay costs of £12,073.14.
After sentencing, HSE inspector Mehtaab Hamid said:
“The company failed to properly organise the work and make sure the workers knew what safety measures were needed, as well providing appropriate supervision to ensure work was not undertaken without the measures being put in place.
“As a result, serious harm was caused to one worker and others were put at serious risk.”
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