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Building firm fined over £40,000 after 'wholly avoidable' death of 19-year-old labourer in West London
Jerram Falkus Construction admitted breaching safety rules after a 19-year-old fell six floors; the company was fined £42,200 plus costs on March 18, 2026.
- Renols Lleshi, a 19-year-old labourer, fell six floors to his death on July 5, 2023 while dismantling scaffolding on the twelfth-floor roof garden at the Ark Soane Academy site in Mill Hill Road, London.
- An HSE investigation found the ventilation shaft was covered only by plasterboard and roofing foam, while routine roof garden inspections were missed, leaving the scaffolding team unaware of the hazard.
- Lleshi's employer was Embassy Site Services Ltd, subcontracted by Jerram Falkus Construction Limited, and his family said the death was entirely avoidable, expressing devastation while thanking the HSE for investigating.
- On March 18, 2026, the court handed the company Jerram Falkus Construction Limited a £42,200 fine, a £2,000 surcharge, and £5,000 costs.
- The regulator's guidance states falls from height are wholly avoidable, and Jerram Falkus Construction ceased trading last month and called in FRP Advisory.
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Contractor fined £40,000 after teen labourer died on job from fall down ventilation shaft
A now-defunct construction firm has been ordered to pay £42,000 after admitting responsibility for the death of a teenage worker who plunged through an unsecured ventilation shaft
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