An accident in which a 19-year-old died after falling six floors through a ventilation shaft should have been prevented, an investigation by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has concluded.
Natalie Prince, the HSE inspector who oversaw the investigation, said that while falls from height continue to be the biggest causes of workplace fatalities, “this was a wholly avoidable incident that led to the death of a young man”.
Renols Lleshi, 19, was working for Jerram Falkus Construction, removing scaffolding from the roof garden of a block of flats being built in Ealing, London, in July 2023.
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