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High Wycombe · High Wycombe Magistrates' Court
A worker fell four metres through a fragile rooflight while cleaning and repairing gutters and drains on a roof with unguarded edges. No fall prevention or fall mitigation measures had been put in place.
Injuries: life-changing injuries: fractured skull and cheekbone, fractured leg, broken wrist
Regulation 6(3) of the Work at Height Regulations 2005
“This was a tragic but avoidable incident, where an individual suffered life-changing injuries due to working at height.”
Fragile rooflights must be protected with guarding or covers, and edge protection fitted, before any roof work such as gutter cleaning takes place.
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