A steel fabricator has been fined £12,000 after a young employee fell through a fragile roof, suffering serious head injuries, a broken wrist and a broken pelvis.
Plymouth Magistrates’ Court heard how, on 23rd August 2017, a 19-year old employed by Mark Dayment, trading as Langaton Steel Fabrications, was on his first day of working on a roof replacement project at a petrol filling station in Barnstaple.
While assisting another worker, he took a few steps off the walkway and fell 7.5 metres through a thin metal sheet onto the concrete forecourt below.
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