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Construction firm prosecuted after apprentice’s fall

Construction firm prosecuted after apprentice’s fall

A Dutch building firm has been fined after an apprentice fractured his skull falling more than six metres from a scaffold during construction of the new West Bromwich Leisure Centre.

Sandwell Magistrates’ Court heard that the 19-year-old worker, who has asked not to be named, was working for Pellikaan (Construction) Ltd when the incident happened on 4 October 2013.

He was standing on a tower scaffold in the empty swimming pool, attempting to cut canvas coverings from wooden roof beams. The scaffold was too high to fit under the beams so he started to take off the handrails.

Meanwhile at ground level, the site manager, who is also the apprentice’s father, and another employee gave the tower a nudge to help get the handrails off, causing it to topple and fall.

The teenager, from Bedfordshire, fell and landed with such force that his hard hat broke and he suffered a fractured skull. He also shattered his ankle and is still off work.

A Health and Safety Executive (HSE) investigation found Pellikaan had failed to ensure the work on the roof beams was properly planned and carried out safely. The scaffold had been put on a slope within the pool and no outriggers had been used to stabilise it.

Pellikaan (Construction) Ltd was fined £12,000 and ordered to pay £1,046 in costs after pleading guilty to breaching Regulation 4(1) of the Work at Height Regulations.

Last year more than 6,300 employees suffered major injuries after falling from height at work. Working on roofs accounts for almost a quarter of all workers who are killed in falls from height with the single biggest cause being falls through fragile materials like skylights.

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