A scaffolding company has been fined £10,000 after a worker fell from height and lost consciousness.
Peterborough Magistrates’ Court heard how, on 10 February 2016, an employee of Hi-Pro Scaffolding was dismantling a temporary scaffold roof when he fell about three metres through the temporary roof, onto the fixed roof below.
The worker was knocked unconscious, spent two days in hospital and suffered a broken thumb which required metal pins to be fitted. In total, he was off work for two months.
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