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Christopher Carson was working as an electrician's labourer for Robert A.S. Crockett and Partners Ltd, who had been contracted by Electroguard Security Systems to fit a lighting system as part of a larger project at Dundee Cold Stores Ltd.
Mr Carson was attaching cables to the wall of the building in order to install the new security system, but one of the cables he needed was on the roof of the building.
He used a mobile platform to gain access to the roof, but accidentally stood on a roof light and fell through it, falling six and a half metres onto the concrete floor below.
Mr Carson suffered a number of fractures to his back, fractures and dislocation to his left shoulder and a puncture wound to his lower back.
An investigation by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) found that Dundee Cold Stores Ltd had not asked either Electroguard Security Systems or Robert A.S. Crockett and Partners Ltd for a written risk assessment for the work they had been asked to carry out.
There was no method statement from either company as to how the work was to be carried out safely, while Robert A.S. Crockett and Partners Ltd had not given Mr Carson any training or information that would have helped him identify that the roof could be fragile.
The companies were fined a total of £336,000 between them at Dundee Sheriff Court.
HSE inspector Harry Bottesch said that where roof lights are present, it should be assumed that the area is fragile to walk on.
"If these three companies had thought about the obvious risks involved, and planned the work properly then Mr Carson's injuries - and the impact they have had on his life ever since - could have been avoided," he stated.
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Companies fined £336k following worker roof fall
Three Dundee companies have been fined after a worker fell from a roof, it has been revealed.Christopher Carson was working as an electrician's labourer for Robert A.S. Crockett and Partners Ltd, who had been contracted by Electroguard Security Systems to fit a lighting system as part of a larger project at Dundee Cold Stores Ltd.
Mr Carson was attaching cables to the wall of the building in order to install the new security system, but one of the cables he needed was on the roof of the building.
He used a mobile platform to gain access to the roof, but accidentally stood on a roof light and fell through it, falling six and a half metres onto the concrete floor below.
Mr Carson suffered a number of fractures to his back, fractures and dislocation to his left shoulder and a puncture wound to his lower back.
An investigation by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) found that Dundee Cold Stores Ltd had not asked either Electroguard Security Systems or Robert A.S. Crockett and Partners Ltd for a written risk assessment for the work they had been asked to carry out.
There was no method statement from either company as to how the work was to be carried out safely, while Robert A.S. Crockett and Partners Ltd had not given Mr Carson any training or information that would have helped him identify that the roof could be fragile.
The companies were fined a total of £336,000 between them at Dundee Sheriff Court.
HSE inspector Harry Bottesch said that where roof lights are present, it should be assumed that the area is fragile to walk on.
"If these three companies had thought about the obvious risks involved, and planned the work properly then Mr Carson's injuries - and the impact they have had on his life ever since - could have been avoided," he stated.
Quantum Risk Management are leading Health and Safety Consultants
Posted on 26/01/2012
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