Dorset firm fined after worker falls through skylight
Dorset firm fined after worker falls through skylight A Dorset construction firm and its director have been sentenced after a worker fell through a skylight and had to spend two weeks in hospital. Poole Magistrates’ Court heard that, on 22 February 2019, a self-employed labourer was working with another colleague to fit roof sheets to a newly constructed steel-framed barn. While working from the roof of an existing, adjacent barn, the worker fell through a fragile skylight and dropped almost 4 metres to the floor below. He suffered head and facial injuries, was knocked unconscious and spent...
Source: constructionnews.co.uk