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Teen apprentice fell 4 m from scaffolding

Open-access content Friday 9th March 2018
From the archive:  Just so you know, this article is more than 3 years old.

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Sheffield Magistrates' Court was told that the Bland Scaffolding trainee was standing on a loading bay, passing roof tiles to a colleague who was working on the scaffold platform.

He caught his foot in a gap between the platform and the bay and fell backwards.

He sustained a fractured cheekbone, broken wrist, rib injuries and a deep cut above his eye that needed 13 stiches.

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) found there was no intermediate guard rail or toe board on the loading bay edge protection.

Bland Scaffolding pleaded guilty to breaching reg 8(a) of the Work at Height Regulations for failing to use a guard rail, toe board or barrier on the working platform.

It was fined £100,000 plus £920 costs.

"A fall from this height could have easily been fatal," said HSE inspector Trisha Elvy.

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Greater Manchester Magistrates’ Court was told that a former Health and Safety Executive (HSE) inspector photographed 27-year-old Terrance Murray standing on a platform on Quay Street, Manchester, on 30 June 2017. He was erecting scaffolding on the Grade II-listed Sunlight House ahead of window refurbishment work. The photograph shows that he was accompanied by a trainee scaffolder.
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Wednesday 28th March 2018
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Tuesday 13th February 2018
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 Modular building co to pay subcontractor £320k for rotator cuff injury

Thursday 8th March 2018
The subcontracted worker sustained a massive rotator cuff tear of tendons and ligaments around his shoulder joint after falling backwards off a step-up work platform while working inside a modular unit at Ossington Road, Carlton-on-Trent, Newark. The injury prevented the painter and decorator from working for two years after the accident on 17 July 2013. He can no longer work above shoulder height.
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