The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) has been sentenced after a member of the public fell into a vacant lift shaft.
Mr Hector Maclean, 23, fell into a vacant lift shaft after leaning on a set of double doors at street level.
The
doors were operated and controlled by RADA at its Central London
campus. The doors were secured with a lock and key. Mr Maclean leant
against one of the doors and it opened inwards causing him to fall
backwards through the double doors and into the lift shaft. He fell
between five and six metres to the bottom of the lift shaft, breaking
both legs.
His injuries have prevented him from attending university and working as a fashion model.
An
investigation by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) found that RADA
had failed to carry out a basic risk assessment on a vacant lift shaft
at its site with access from the street.
RADA, of Gower Street,
London, pleaded guilty at Westminster Magistrates’ Court and was fined
£12,000 and ordered to pay £1,266 in costs for breaching Section 3(1) of
the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act1974
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