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Roofing firm prosecuted after worker fractures skull in fall from height (6 May 2016)
Date: 06/05/2016
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has prosecuted a Yorkshire-based roofing firm, after a worker fractured his skull following a fall from height.
Mitchell Roofing Ltd was contracted to replace existing roof lights at Monk Bridge Construction Co Ltd in Elvington, York.
The injured worker slipped and fell seven metres through the inner roof sheet, sustaining severe head injuries.
During its investigation, the Health and Safety Executive learned that there had been no risk assessment for the job – and no precautions had been taken to prevent falls from the edge of the roof or through fragile areas of the roof’s structure and elements.
The defendant had previously clad a new building on the site without incident using appropriate precautions – but the minor work of replacing the panels in an existing roof was not planned and no precautions were followed.
Mitchell Roofing Ltd of Derwent Road in Malton was found guilty of breaching Sections 2(1) and 3(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974.
At York Magistrates’ Court, the company was fined £10,000 with £1,355 costs.
After the hearing, HSE inspector Julian Franklin said:
“Basic precautions for roof work and better planning of the job should have been applied – even short duration work on fragile roofs should be properly assessed and managed.”
Duncan Lewis Personal Injury Solicitors – No win no fee Falls from Height Claims
Duncan Lewis personal injury solicitors can advise those who have suffered injury in falls from height caused by negligence on how to make a no win no fee claim for compensation, including claims involving:
• Accidents at work
• Balcony falls
• Construction accidents
• Holiday accidents
• Military accidents
• Public liability accidents
• School accidents
• Sports accidents.
Personal injury claims have to be made within three years of injury – children can claim compensation for falls from height until the age of 21.
For expert legal advice on no win no fee Falls from Height Claims, call Duncan Lewis personal injury solicitors on 0333 772 0409.