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New Malden · Westminster Magistrates' Court
A labourer fell from an external scaffolding platform through an unglazed window void, landing on an internal concrete ground floor more than three metres below. He died from his injuries several days later.
Injuries: Fatal
Regulation 13(1) of the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015
“Falls from height are one of the leading causes of workplace fatalities and major injuries in the UK.”
Known fall hazards such as unglazed window voids must be boarded up immediately, not left until after an incident, and scaffold inspections must not lapse.
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