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Scaffolding company prosecuted after worker falls from height (5 February 2016)

Date: 05/02/2016

Duncan Lewis, Legal News Solicitors, Scaffolding company prosecuted after worker falls from height

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has prosecuted a scaffolding company, after a worker was injured after he fell through a roof light.

Weller Scaffolding Limited of Dorset was contracted to erect access scaffold and perimeter handrails around the roof of a small industrial unit at East Road in Bridport.

On 17 July 2014, an employee of Weller Scaffolding accessed the roof of the industrial unit – which was constructed of asbestos cement with intermittent roof lights – and subsequently fell through one of the roof lights.

An investigation by the Health and Safety Executive found that the work had not been properly planned or appropriately supervised, which led to it being unsafe.

On Monday, 1 February at Weymouth Magistrates’ Court, Weller Scaffolding Limited of Westway Business Park, Dottery Road, Bridport in Dorset pleaded guilty to breaching Regulation 4(1) of the Work at Height Regulations 2005.

The company was fined £10,000 with £5,628 costs.

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