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27/07/2009

Roofing Companies Urged To Be Safe After Man Falls Through Roof

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Roofing companies in Greater Manchester are being urged to make safety one of their top priorities after a man fell through the roof of a Swinton factory.

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) prosecuted Tower Roofing Ltd following the incident at Magnesium Elektron Ltd's premises on Rake Lane in Swinton. It was fined £3,500 and ordered to pay full costs of £5,976 at Trafford Magistrates Court on Thursday 23 July.

Lee Bridge was cleaning guttering at the factory on 6 March 2008 when the fragile roof gave way. He landed on a stack of pallets more than two metres below him, before bouncing off them and falling a further two metres to the concrete floor.
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Tower Roofing, which is based on Brandlesholme Road in Bury, pleaded guilty to breaching Regulation 6(3) of the Work at Height Regulations 2005 for failing to take suitable precautions to prevent the incident from occurring.

HSE Inspector Angelica Rutherford-Hacon said: "Mr Bridge is lucky to be alive and would have been seriously injured if the pallets hadn’t broken his fall.

"The roof he was working on was clearly fragile and should have been boarded out before any attempt was made to clean the guttering. Tower Roofing didn’t think enough about safety in advance of the work starting and put its employees at risk as a result.

"Working on roofs can be extremely dangerous so it’s vital that work is planned properly. Companies should involve the workers who will be doing the job and consult them about the right equipment to use. Those in charge of the work need to ensure that safe methods of working are properly implemented and checked."

(CD/KMcA)

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