A Cheshire building firm has been fined after a plasterer
broke his back when he fell three metres during the construction of a
six-bedroom house.
CB Homes Ltd, which was the main contractor for the
development in Little Budworth, was prosecuted by the Health and Safety
Executive (HSE) after an investigation found the company had failed to make
sure adequate guard rails were in place on the first floor landing to prevent
falls.
Trafford Magistrates’ Court heard today (28 November 2014)
that the 58-year-old from Wrexham, who has asked not to be named, had been
fitting plasterboard when he fell from the open landing on 22 May 2013. He
suffered two cracked vertebrae along with damage to his spine, hips and legs.
The court was told CB Homes had been managing a project to
build seven new homes at Mondrem Green on Chester Road. The company had hired a
plastering firm to plaster the inside of the houses but failed to make sure
this work could be carried out safely.
The plasterer had needed to use a ladder to reach the first
floor, and there was no guard rail in place along the open edge on the landing.
He was carrying a piece of plasterboard when he lost his footing and fell to
the ground floor below.
CB Homes Ltd, of High Street in Tarporley, was fined £10,000
and ordered to pay £1,376 in prosecution costs after pleading guilty to two
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