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A CONSTRUCTION firm has been fined after a workman suffered serious injuries falling more than five metres through a fragile roof at a Worcester building site.
The 27-year-old man, who was employed by Tower Hire (Services) was fixing scaffolding to a section of roof at a commercial premises in Trow Way, Diglis, on October 16, 2009.
As the man, who has asked not to be identified, stood on a skylight, it gave way and he plunged almost five and half metres to the floor below, breaking his pelvis, elbow and wrist.
As a result, he has not been able to return to work.
During the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) prosecution, Worcester Magistrates Court was told that the man had not been told by his employers that the roof was fragile.
The court was also told that Tower Hire (Services) had failed to give the worker any information or training on how to recognise fragile roofs or on the risks involved with working on them.
The firm, of Southport Road, Chorley, Lancashire, admitted breaching regulation 4(1) of the Work at Height Regulations 2005 and was fined £8,000 and ordered to pay £6,644 costs.
Source: Worcester News
The 27-year-old man, who was employed by Tower Hire (Services) was fixing scaffolding to a section of roof at a commercial premises in Trow Way, Diglis, on October 16, 2009.
As the man, who has asked not to be identified, stood on a skylight, it gave way and he plunged almost five and half metres to the floor below, breaking his pelvis, elbow and wrist.
As a result, he has not been able to return to work.
During the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) prosecution, Worcester Magistrates Court was told that the man had not been told by his employers that the roof was fragile.
The court was also told that Tower Hire (Services) had failed to give the worker any information or training on how to recognise fragile roofs or on the risks involved with working on them.
The firm, of Southport Road, Chorley, Lancashire, admitted breaching regulation 4(1) of the Work at Height Regulations 2005 and was fined £8,000 and ordered to pay £6,644 costs.
Source: Worcester News