Untrained worker fell from unsupported ladder
The owner of a double-glazing firm has admitted he failed to properly protect a worker who fell five metres from a ladder.
Blackpool Magistrates’ Court heard that Craig Goss, trading as Direct Windows Co, had been contracted to install double glazing at a house in Bispham, Lancashire. On 5 April 2011, one of Goss’ employees, a 68-year-old man who wishes to remain anonymous, climbed a ladder to measure a window at the property. He was allowed to work alone without anyone at the foot of the ladder to stop it falling.
While he was measuring the window, which was located on the first floor of the property, the ladder slipped and he fell five metres and landed on a concrete patio. He suffered a broken knee and ankle, four broken ribs, and a punctured lung. He has been unable to return to work owing to his injuries. €
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Untrained worker fell from unsupported ladder
The owner of a double-glazing firm has admitted he failed to properly protect a worker who fell five metres from a ladder.
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“he was breaching the company’s own safety procedures, which state that only trained workers can use ladders, and that two staff should be present so one can hold the ladder.
HSE inspector Allen Shute revealed that no risk assessment had been carried out ”
I would judge that the compamy had the outcome of a good risk assessment;, procedures in place that this task requires two trained people. Does the inspector mean that they did not have the paperwork of an RA so derided by Lofstedt and HSE?