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Broad Green firm fined after worker suffers brain injury scaffold fall
by Eleanor Barlow, Liverpool Echo
Sep 19 2012
A MERSEYSIDE firm was fined £5,000 after an accident left a worker with a brain injury.
The 43-year-old man, from West Derby, suffered a brain haemorrhage, fractured skull, collapsed lung and broken bones after falling from scaffolding at Croxteth Sports and Wellbeing centre on January 18 last year.
His employer CME Ceilings, based in Domville Road, Broad Green, was fined £5,000 and ordered to pay £5,000 costs after a Health and Safety Executive (HSE) prosecution yesterday found the scaffolding tower was unsafe.
Liverpool Magistrates Court was told the accident left the worker in intensive care for two weeks and with a brain injury which has had a long-term impact on his personality.
He has been unable to return to work as a result of his injuries.
The firm had been hired to install a suspended ceiling at the sports centre on Altcross Road in Croxteth. It had originally intended to use a scissor lift to reach the ceiling, but did not arrange for the equipment to be delivered to the site and used a scaffolding tower instead.
The court heard the brakes on the wheels of the scaffolding tower had not been applied and there was no edge protection around the work platform to prevent employees falling off.
The man fell more than two metres to the concrete floor below when the tower started to move across the room as he was working.
The HSE investigation found the scaffolding tower had been made up of parts from several different manufacturers, all of which were in a poor or damaged condition. CME Ceilings Ltd pleaded guilty to breaching the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 by failing to ensure the safety of employees.
Speaking after the hearing, HSE Inspector Mark Baker said: “One of CME Ceilings’ employees has suffered severe physical and mental injuries that will affect him for the rest of his life.
“The scaffolding tower the company provided simply wasn’t up to the job and his life was put in danger the minute he started to climb it.
“This case should act as a warning to firms not to cut corners and to make sure they use the right equipment for the job they’re doing.”
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by Eleanor Barlow, Liverpool Echo
Sep 19 2012
A MERSEYSIDE firm was fined £5,000 after an accident left a worker with a brain injury.
The 43-year-old man, from West Derby, suffered a brain haemorrhage, fractured skull, collapsed lung and broken bones after falling from scaffolding at Croxteth Sports and Wellbeing centre on January 18 last year.
His employer CME Ceilings, based in Domville Road, Broad Green, was fined £5,000 and ordered to pay £5,000 costs after a Health and Safety Executive (HSE) prosecution yesterday found the scaffolding tower was unsafe.
Liverpool Magistrates Court was told the accident left the worker in intensive care for two weeks and with a brain injury which has had a long-term impact on his personality.
He has been unable to return to work as a result of his injuries.
The firm had been hired to install a suspended ceiling at the sports centre on Altcross Road in Croxteth. It had originally intended to use a scissor lift to reach the ceiling, but did not arrange for the equipment to be delivered to the site and used a scaffolding tower instead.
The court heard the brakes on the wheels of the scaffolding tower had not been applied and there was no edge protection around the work platform to prevent employees falling off.
The man fell more than two metres to the concrete floor below when the tower started to move across the room as he was working.
The HSE investigation found the scaffolding tower had been made up of parts from several different manufacturers, all of which were in a poor or damaged condition. CME Ceilings Ltd pleaded guilty to breaching the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 by failing to ensure the safety of employees.
Speaking after the hearing, HSE Inspector Mark Baker said: “One of CME Ceilings’ employees has suffered severe physical and mental injuries that will affect him for the rest of his life.
“The scaffolding tower the company provided simply wasn’t up to the job and his life was put in danger the minute he started to climb it.
“This case should act as a warning to firms not to cut corners and to make sure they use the right equipment for the job they’re doing.”
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