Weymouth Magistrates’ Court heard how Weller Scaffolding Ltd had been contracted to erect access scaffold and perimeter handrails around the roof of a small industrial unit at East Road, Bridport.
A Weller employee accessed the roof, made of asbestos cement with intermittent roof lights, but fell through one of the roof lights.
An investigation by the Health & Safety Executive (HSE) found the incident, which occurred on 17th July 2014, was due to the work not being properly planned, or appropriately supervised.
Weller Scaffolding Limited of Westway Business Park, Dottery Road, Bridport, Dorset, pleaded guilty to breaching Regulation 4(1) of the Work at Height Regulations 2005 and was fined £10,000 with £5,628 costs.
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