A worker who fell nearly 5m from a scaffold tower whose safety rail had not been fixed correctly, suffered 10 broken ribs, a fractured shoulder and a collapsed lung.
Manchester Magistrates Court heard how on 24 October 2019, an employee of TA Knox Shopfitters Ltd was working from a tower scaffold at the front of the Footasylum Store in the Trafford Centre, Manchester, when the scaffold moved, throwing him off balance. He fell backwards against the safety rail of the scaffold, which gave way and he fell 15 feet to the ground, sustaining his injuries.
An investigation by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) found that the safety rail had not been fixed in place correctly, causing it to give way when the employee fell against it. It also found that the tower scaffold had not been erected by somebody with the appropriate skills, knowledge and training. If the edge protection been suitable and sufficient and the tower constructed by somebody competent to erect tower scaffolds, the incident could have been prevented.
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