A principal contractor has been prosecuted after a worker was seriously injured when he fell three metres through an unprotected stairwell.
Folkestone Magistrates’ Court heard that on 17 August 2017, a subcontractor to Brown Construction Ltd was laying bricks for the second storey of a new build house in Ash, Canterbury. There was an opening in the floor where the stairs were to be installed. The worker slipped and fell through the opening and landed on his feet shattering his left heel, which required surgery to repair.
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