A 19-year-old who died after falling six floors through a ventilation shaft should have been prevented, an investigation by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has concluded. 

A construction company has been fined after a worker fell from the roof of a partially constructed barn in Shropshire.

A roofer has been fined after a worker suffered serious injuries after falling from a flat roof that did not have any edge protection.

The International Powered Access Federation (IPAF) has published its annual global safety report.

A demolition company has been fined after a worker fell six metres through a roof opening suffering serious injuries during the demolition of a vacant warehouse in Aberdeen.

A 30-year-old worker suffered life-changing injuries following a fall from height during a sheep barn conversion in Leyburn, North Yorkshire.

A contractor and a roofing company have been fined a combined £8,500 after a worker fell through a roof while working on a house extension.

A company now in liquidation and its operations manager have both been fined after a worker fell to his death through a roof at the firm’s site in Dudley.

A self-employed roofer has received a suspended prison sentence after a man suffered serious injuries after falling from a scaffold in Devon.

A specialist contractor with “outdated attitudes to managing health and safety” has been fined £60,000 after a worker fell to his death from a church steeple in Birmingham.

A solar panel installer business has been fined £120,000 after one of its employees broke his leg while working on a property in Salisbury.

A Mansfield-based construction company has been fined £40,000 after a builder was left paralysed from the chest down as a result of falling through a ceiling at a house renovation in Derbyshire.

A construction company has been fined £215,000 after a worker was seriously injured when a cherry picker was struck by a bus in Castlemilk, Glasgow.

A Cheshire-based electrical transmission company has been fined £240,000 after a man was left paralysed from the chest down after a fall at work.

A group of MPs is encouraging construction and other industries to adopt digital technologies that can prevent falls from height, including virtual and augmented reality and wearable devices.

A company and its director have been sentenced after an employee fell from height and suffered serious injuries.

A roofing firm has been fined a total of £881,000 after two workers were seriously injured in separate incidents.

A further two companies have been fined after a man died following a fall from the roof of a building site.