{"id":33860,"date":"2017-06-28T12:18:02","date_gmt":"2017-06-28T11:18:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=33860"},"modified":"2017-06-28T12:19:37","modified_gmt":"2017-06-28T11:19:37","slug":"160000-fine-roof-fall-leads-life-changing-injuries-worker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/health-safety-news\/160000-fine-roof-fall-leads-life-changing-injuries-worker\/33860\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00a3160,000 fine after roof fall leads to life changing injuries for worker"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>A firm has been fined after a worker sustained significant injuries after a fall from a roof onto a concrete floor<\/h2>\n<p>A court case against a London-based firm has resulted in a \u00a3160,000 fine after a worker was injured following a fall from a roof.<\/p>\n<p>Roofing company Wessexmoor Ltd was prosecuted after health and safety failings led to a 56-year-old man falling two storeys onto a concrete floor.<\/p>\n<p>The case, which was brought before Southwark Crown Court, revealed that work was being carried out at the site when Ali Mucoj fell from an unguarded rear roof. The fall left the man with multiple injuries including a brain bleed and a broken leg.<\/p>\n<h3>No railings or edge protections in place<\/h3>\n<p>The subsequent <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hse.gov.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Health and Safety Executive<\/a> (HSE) investigation found the company failed to implement <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/health-safety-news\/construction-inspections-drop\/33764\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">health and safety<\/a> measures that could have prevented the fall and ensured workers on the roof were safe. The main issue was the lack of edge protection to prevent falls.<\/p>\n<p>Wessesxmoor Ltd pleaded guilty to breaching Regulation 6 (3) of the Work at Height Regulations 2005. A fine of \u00a3160,000 was handed to the company, as well as costs of \u00a37,580.85.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking after the hearing HSE inspector Gavin Pugh said: \u201cMr Mucoj suffered life changing injuries as a result of Wessexmoor\u2019s safety failings.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDuty holders must ensure all work at height is properly planned and all necessary equipment is put in place to ensure workers safety.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"mk-custom-module-container\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A firm has been fined after a worker sustained significant injuries after a fall from a roof onto a concrete floor<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[309],"tags":[432],"stakeholder_rel_tag":[],"contributor_rel_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-33860","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-health-safety-news","7":"tag-health-safety"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.9 (Yoast SEO v26.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>\u00a3160,000 fine after roof fall leads to life changing injuries for worker<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A London-based firm has been fined after a worker sustained significant injuries after a fall from a roof onto a concrete floor\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/health-safety-news\/160000-fine-roof-fall-leads-life-changing-injuries-worker\/33860\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"\u00a3160,000 fine after roof fall leads to life changing injuries for worker\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A London-based firm has been fined after a worker sustained significant injuries after a fall from a roof onto a concrete floor\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/health-safety-news\/160000-fine-roof-fall-leads-life-changing-injuries-worker\/33860\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Planning, Building &amp; 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