A property management firm in Scotland has been fined £200,000 after an employee suffered life-changing injuries in a fall.
On 5 April 2018, asbestos surveyor Robin Williamson was working for City Property (Glasgow). While carrying out a roof survey of Netherton Community Centre he fell 8m through a rooflight.
The fall caused Williamson multiple skull fractures, a bleed to the brain, and multiple spine and rib fractures. Scottish news outlet STV News reported that Williamson now suffers from severe brain injury, hearing loss, and is paralysed from the waist down and must use a wheelchair.
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