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Firm fined after fatal roof fall

07 Jun 2011

A firm which lets commercial units has been fined £1,500 after a fatal fall in one of its properties.

Keith and Nigel Ragan - joint owners of Allenbrooks Developments Ltd - were replacing skylights in the roof of one of their units in Norfolk at the time of the incident.

Company director Keith Ragan fell 10m to his death through the corrugated asbestos cement sheet roof at the firm's site at Fitzmaurice Court, Wymondham, Norwich Magistrates' Court heard.

Employee Stephen Cullum, 52, was also working alongside the two men at the time of the fall last April.

An investigation found that a safe working platform had not been installed at the site, and that the men were not using harnesses. There were also no safety nets in place.

Allenbrooks Developments Ltd from Allenbrooks Way, Wymondham, Norfolk admitted breaching the Health and Safety at Work Act. As well as the fine it was ordered to pay costs of £2,320.

The Health and Safety Executive brought the prosecution against the firm.

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