Firm fined following the death of an apprentice
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A Manchester company has been fined following the death of one of its apprentices.
The firm was ordered to pay almost £25,000 in costs and fines after it pleaded guilty to breaching Regulation 8 of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999.
A 16-year-old was killed when he climbed onto the roof of a building to find a football and fell 5.3 metres through a skylight.
The teenager died later in hospital and the firm was told it did not have adequate safety signs and that the roof was too fragile.
Avoiding injuries in the workplace can be achieved by ensuring proper safety signs are installed and that workers wear the appropriate workwear and safety helmets where necessary.
Vincent Joyce, principal inspector at the Health and Safety Executive, commented: "Access routes to roofs should be appropriately marked. Additionally, access to the roof should be restricted to employees and contractors with adequate knowledge and training in working at height."
This week a 73-year-old caretaker won his case against his employers who the court ruled had failed to train him resulting in his fall from a ladder and the sustaining of injuries.
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