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18/07/2008

Homes For Haringey Ltd Fined £10,000 After Plumber Seriously Injured In Fall

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is warning employers to ensure they have safe systems for working at height in place after a worker was seriously injured in a fall from a loft, while he was changing a water tank at a flat.

Homes for Haringey Ltd, was found guilty of breaching section 2 of the Heath and Safety at Work Act 1974 and fined £10,000 with costs of £3,562 at City of London Magistrates' Court.

HSE Inspector John Crookes said: "It is totally unacceptable that so many lives of employees who work from height continue to be put at risk. Falls from height remain the most common kind of accident causing fatal injuries. Last year, 45 people died and more than 3,000 suffered a serious injury after a fall from height in the workplace.
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"All companies must assess the risks from work that they are undertaking at height, ensuring that the work is planned properly and appropriate measures are taken so that workers are not exposed to risk of falling."

On 18 January 2007, a trainee plumber, was working with a colleague in a loft space in a council-owned residential flat when he fell through a skylight, which was covered by loft insulation material, falling approximately 10 feet onto stairs below. He sustained injuries to his upper spine and was unable to work for the next 12 months. At the time of the incident, he was employed by Haringey Council, working for Homes for Haringey Ltd.

(CD/JM)

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