A scaffolding company has been fined £30,000 after failing to ensure a tower scaffold was constructed correctly.
The HSE identified serious issues with a scaffold at a block of flats in Rice Hey Road, Merseyside, including a failure to follow assembly instructions during its erection.
Workers climbed the rungs of the scaffold to access it instead of using a proprietary ladder.
The HSE investigation was prompted after the regulator was notified of the death of AIM Access Solutions Ltd employee Robert Duffy.
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