An animal feed producer and a maintenance contractor have been fined after a woman fell five metres through a fragile warehouse roof in Staffordshire.

A roofer was caught on camera working on an industrial unit roof without any safety equipment, a court heard

2.2 million people work in Britain’s construction industry, making it the country’s biggest industry. It is also one of the most dangerous. In the last 25 years, over 2,800 people have died from injuries they received as a result of construction work. Many more have been injured or made ill.
HSE Construction Division has created some [...]

On 7th June 2010 two self-employed roofing contractors were prosecuted at Chippenham Magistrates Court for failing to take the required precautions whilst carrying out roofing operations on a private property in Wiltshire. 
On 18th March 2009, both contractors, Antony Brian Sweet and Christpher Ernest Cole, were found to be working dangerously on a storage shed roof.  They [...]