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Suspended Sentence After Fall From Height
A contractor from London has today been given a six month prison sentence suspended for eighteen months after an employee fell from height.
Southwark Crown Court heard how, on 11 November 2016, James Gibson was undertaking a refurbishment project when a worker fell through an unprotected hole in the ground floor. The worker fell through the hole measuring approximately 1.5 metres by 3 metres, into a basement below and suffered serious head injuries.
The investigation by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) found failures in health and safety management had led to a number of fall from height issues on site, including a lack of sufficient edge protection to prevent workers from falling through the opening in the floor.
Source: H.S.E. Website
