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Firm fined after fall left worker partially deaf
Birmingham firm Eastern Windows Manufacturing has been fined £5,000 after an employee was left partially deaf when he fell 2.5m through a fragile roof while working on a house extension.
The man suffered a fractured skull and vertebrae in the fall in September 2005. He is also now deaf in one ear and has difficulty walking.
The worker had been fitting new doors, windows and roof to a single storey extension in Coventry when the incident occurred.
Coventry Magistrates Court heard sufficient measures had not been taken to support or protect anyone from falling through the roof.
It also heard that several weeks later another worker came back to the site to remove the old roof and fit a new one again without adequate fall protection.
Health and Safety Executive inspector Stephen Farthing said: "An employee suffered very serious injuries in this incident. Despite this, the company subsequently sent a second man to work on the same roof without any additional protection from falling."
The firm pleaded guilty to a breach of the Work at Height Regulations 2005.
Eastern Windows Manufacturing was also ordered to pay £1,480 in costs.
The £5,000 fine is the maximum that a magistrates' court can impose for a breach of health and safety regulations.
Birmingham firm Eastern Windows Manufacturing has been fined £5,000 after an employee was left partially deaf when he fell 2.5m through a fragile roof while working on a house extension.
The man suffered a fractured skull and vertebrae in the fall in September 2005. He is also now deaf in one ear and has difficulty walking.
The worker had been fitting new doors, windows and roof to a single storey extension in Coventry when the incident occurred.
Coventry Magistrates Court heard sufficient measures had not been taken to support or protect anyone from falling through the roof.
It also heard that several weeks later another worker came back to the site to remove the old roof and fit a new one again without adequate fall protection.
Health and Safety Executive inspector Stephen Farthing said: "An employee suffered very serious injuries in this incident. Despite this, the company subsequently sent a second man to work on the same roof without any additional protection from falling."
The firm pleaded guilty to a breach of the Work at Height Regulations 2005.
Eastern Windows Manufacturing was also ordered to pay £1,480 in costs.
The £5,000 fine is the maximum that a magistrates' court can impose for a breach of health and safety regulations.