Scaffolding firm fined after apprentice injured in fall
A scaffolding company based in South Yorkshire has been fined £100,000 after a 16-year-old apprentice joiner fell four metres from a scaffold platform.
Sheffield Magistrates’ Court heard that in September 2016 the apprentice was passing roof tiles from the loading bay to a colleague on the scaffold when he caught his foot in a gap between the scaffold platform and the loading bay.
The apprentice fell backwards under a single guard rail to the ground below, sustaining injuries including a fractured cheekbone, broken wrist and ... You can carry on reading TheBusinessDesk.com for free, but you have reached the maximum number of pages an unregistered user can view. To register for an account, click here or login below...
