Technical Summary
An Oxfordshire construction company has been fined £120,000 following a carpenter's fatal fall through an unsafe first floor due to inadequate planning and safety measures. The practical takeaway is that strict adherence to work planning and physical protection requirements is legally mandatory to prevent fatalities from falls.
Original Reporting Excerpt
59-year-old father of two was killed when he fell from first floor The work had not been properly planned or measures put in place Falls from height remain leading cause of fatalities in construction industry An Oxfordshire-based construction company has been fined £120,000 after a carpenter died when he fell through an unsafe first floor […]
Source: HSE Press
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