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Between 2008 and 2009, the HSE's Shattered Lives campaign recorded more than 4,000 accidents involving British employees falling from height. Many of these victims will have made personal injury compensation claims for their accidents to help cover the cost of the care and specialist equipment they may require rehabilitating from their injuries if their employer's were found to be liable for their accidents.
In May 2010, two water companies were fined after a technician fell through the roof of a pumping station in Cambridgeshire. The accident left the worker with a fractured vertebra in his back which has left him with ongoing back pain since the time of the accident in August 2007.
The technician fell through an unmarked fragile roof light while taking a reading from a rain gauge on top of a pumping station in Willingham, near Cambridge.
Representatives of the company the worker was sub-contracted to, appeared at Ely Magistrates' Court in May 2010 after admitting breaching Section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974. The company was found to have failed to ensure the health and safety of employees working near unmarked fragile skylights. The company was therefore fined £1,500 and ordered to pay £3,219 in costs for the incident.
The water service company the victim was working for was found to have breached Section 3(1) of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 due to their failure to adequately identify the risks associated with working near unmarked fragile skylights. It was fined £4,000 and ordered to pay £3,261 in costs.
HSE Inspector Penny Leede said, "Falling from height is one of the most obvious and well-known dangers for those working on roofs. Employers need to plan ahead and assess potential risks before carrying out any work at height."
Leede added that the HSE will continue to prosecute companies which fail to carry out their duties.
If you have suffered a personal injury while at work, you may be eligible to make a compensation claim.
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