Len Smith & Son fined over roof fall
· theconstructionindex.co.uk
Northumberland contractor Len Smith & Son Building Contractors Limited has been fined £20,000 after a bricklayer stepped on to a fragile roof, falling eight feet onto concrete and breaking two vertebrae. HSE found the company had no safe system of work for the activity being undertaken.
The contractor was carrying out repairs to the roof at East Fleetham Farm in Seahouses on 5 February 2025. The man stepped on a polycarbonate roof sheet and fel...