Cumbria company fined £60,000 after worker fell through unprotected floor opening

Cumbria company fined £60,000 after worker fell through unprotected floor opening

A construction company has been fined £60,000 after a worker was seriously injured in a fall.

Construction firm fined £60,000 after worker injured following fall from height at Cumbria site

Ace Infra Ltd pleaded guilty after a wall collapsed, causing an employee to fall through an unprotected floor opening onto a concrete floor and suffer multiple fractures and a dislocated shoulder The incident happened on 25 April 2024 at an Ace Infra site at NW Auctions Milnthorpe, Cumbria. The court heard how Mr Jones, a general labourer, was sweeping up dust and debris on the first floor of the building at the end of the working day. Earlier t…

Firm fined £60k after worker falls through unprotected floor opening

A construction company has been fined £60,000 after a wall collapsed and knocked an employee through an open stairwell onto a concrete floor below. Labourer Mark Jones was working for Cumbria-based Ace Infra Ltd at a site at NW Auctions Milnthorpe when the incident happened… The post Firm fined £60k after worker falls through unprotected floor opening appeared first on Construction News.