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A Sheffield-based company has been prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), after a worker erecting a sign fell five metres from a roof.

In April 2015, signage business Warburton Signs Limited had been contracted to erect a large sign to the gable end of an industrial building.

The company had sent three fitters to the site, who accessed a neighbouring flat roof to fit the sign, from which one worker fell. He sustained life threatening injuries, including a fractured skull, several broken ribs, a collapsed lung and chipped vertebra.

An investigation by the Health and Safety Executive into the incident on 13 April 2015 found Warburton Signs Limited had failed to put in place any measures to prevent a fall from height.

At Chesterfield Magistrates’ Court, Warburton Signs Limited of Trident House, High Street in Beighton, Sheffield pleaded guilty to breaching Regulation 4(1) of the Work at Height Regulations 2005.

The company was fined £20,000 and ordered to pay costs of £1,538.

After the hearing, HSE inspector Helen Barley said:

“Failure to prevent falls when working at height can lead to serious injury or death.”

Duncan Lewis Personal Injury Solicitors – No win no fee Falls from Height Claims

Duncan Lewis personal injury solicitors can advise those who have suffered injury as a result of a fall from height caused by negligence on how to make a no win no fee claim for compensation, including falls from height claims relating to:

• Accidents at work
• Children’s accidents (eg at school, in parks and playgrounds)
• Holiday accidents
• Public liability accidents
• Sports injuries.

Personal injury claims usually have to be made within three years of injury or diagnosis of injury – children can claim compensation for falls from height caused by negligence up to the age of 21.

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