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10,000GBP fine after window fitter suffers fatal fall from height (15 November 2016)
Date: 15/11/2016
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has prosecuted a Southampton window installation company, after a worker suffered fatal head injuries following a fall from a ladder.
On 10 September 2014, Mark Taylor, 48, from Southampton was helping in the installation of UPVC windows at a three-storey house in Brighton.
He was working from an unsecured ladder when it slipped sideways and he fell to the ground. The father-of-two was taken to hospital suffering from head injuries, but died the following day.
The Health and Safety Executive investigation found Kevin McLean – trading as South Coast Installations – had failed to ensure that the work at height was adequately planned and carried out in a manner which was safe.
At Brighton Magistrates’ Court, Kevin McLean trading as South Coast Installations pleaded guilty to breaching Regulation 4(1) of the Work at Height Regulations and was fined £10,000 and ordered to pay costs.
After the hearing, HSE Inspector Amanda Huff, said:
“Mark Taylor’s family have been devastated because simple steps where not taken to secure the ladder he was using.
“If Kevin McLean had ensured a proper risk assessment was carried out, this tragic incident could have been prevented.”
Duncan Lewis Personal Injury Solicitors – No win no fee Falls from Height Claims
Duncan Lewis personal injury solicitors can advise those who suffer injury as a result of a fall from height caused by negligence on how to make a no win no fee claim for compensation, including claims relating to:
- Accidents at work
- Children’s accidents
- Holiday accidents
- Industrial accidents
- Public liability accidents
- Sports accidents.
Falls from height claims have to be made within three years of injury – children can claim personal injury compensation up to the age of 21.
Duncan Lewis also offers supportive legal advice to bereaved families whose loved one has lost their life as a result of a fall from height caused by negligence and who wish to claim compensation.
For expert legal advice on no win no fee Falls from Height Claims, call Duncan Lewis personal injury solicitors on 0333 772 0409.