Scaffolder fined after worker fell 10 metres through roof
December 1, 2009
A scaffolding business was fined for health and safety breaches after a worker fell more than 10 metres through a roof.
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) prosecuted Mark Wilson, trading as MWS Scaffolding Services, in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, after uncovering breaches of health and safety law on a site in Waltham Forest, north east London.
Mr Wilson was fined £5,000 and ordered to pay costs of £2,566.80 at City of London Magistrates Court after pleading guilty to breaching Section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974.
On 21 November 2008 a scaffolding employee, working under the direct supervision and instruction of Mr Wilson, was attempting to fix scaffolding at Mothercare World in Argon Road, Edmonton when he fell.
MWS Scaffolding Services was contracted to provide frame scaffolding protection at the store to allow a roofing contractor to gain access to repair leaking roof lights.
The court heard that the employee fell through the unprotected fragile roof light and landed more than 10 metres below in the open store. The employee suffered a broken leg, cuts and was unable to work for more than three months.
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The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) prosecuted Mark Wilson, trading as MWS Scaffolding Services, in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, after uncovering breaches of health and safety law on a site in Waltham Forest, north east London.
Mr Wilson was fined £5,000 and ordered to pay costs of £2,566.80 at City of London Magistrates Court after pleading guilty to breaching Section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974.
On 21 November 2008 a scaffolding employee, working under the direct supervision and instruction of Mr Wilson, was attempting to fix scaffolding at Mothercare World in Argon Road, Edmonton when he fell.
MWS Scaffolding Services was contracted to provide frame scaffolding protection at the store to allow a roofing contractor to gain access to repair leaking roof lights.
The court heard that the employee fell through the unprotected fragile roof light and landed more than 10 metres below in the open store. The employee suffered a broken leg, cuts and was unable to work for more than three months.
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