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As a result of the accident, the employee was unable to work for six months after breaking bones in his heels.
The incident occurred when contractors from Mechanical Cleansing Services were carrying out a redevelopment of the club's Bodymoor Heath training facility.
An investigation by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) found that the club, the contractor and Damon Roe, a director at Mechanical Cleansing Services, were all to blame for the worker's injuries.
HSE inspector Carol Southerd said following health and safety procedures and using an internal ladder would have prevented the accident.
"A simple conversation with the club was all it would have taken to arrange for the blocked ladder to be cleared," she added.
This comes after Hartog Hutton was fined £10,000 after an employee broke his back in a seven-metre fall through a roof light while working on a factory on Christmas Eve 2008.
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Health and safety failure leads to football club fine
Aston Villa Football Club has been fined £1,350 and ordered to pay costs of more than £1,500 after health and safety failures led to a worker falling through a roof.As a result of the accident, the employee was unable to work for six months after breaking bones in his heels.
The incident occurred when contractors from Mechanical Cleansing Services were carrying out a redevelopment of the club's Bodymoor Heath training facility.
An investigation by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) found that the club, the contractor and Damon Roe, a director at Mechanical Cleansing Services, were all to blame for the worker's injuries.
HSE inspector Carol Southerd said following health and safety procedures and using an internal ladder would have prevented the accident.
"A simple conversation with the club was all it would have taken to arrange for the blocked ladder to be cleared," she added.
This comes after Hartog Hutton was fined £10,000 after an employee broke his back in a seven-metre fall through a roof light while working on a factory on Christmas Eve 2008.
Quantum Risk Management are leading Health and Safety Consultants
Posted on 02/06/2010
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