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Contractors in Court After Leisure Centre Roof Fall


Two building contractors have been fined after a worker broke his back when he fell four metres from a roof.

 

Two building contractors have been fined after a worker broke his back when he fell four metres from a roof.

The 36-year-old man from Kettlebrook, Tamworth, fractured a vertebra in his lower back after falling from the roof at Southview Leisure Park, Skegness, on 8 March 2013.

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) carried out an investigation and yesterday (8 Sept) prosecuted SJ Roberts Construction Ltd, of Welshpool, and Seaton Heating and Engineering Services Ltd of Tamworth.

Lincoln Magistrates’ Court heard that SJ Roberts Construction Ltd had been appointed principal contractor for the installation of a new flume tower and swimming pool extension at the leisure park. Seaton Heating and Engineering Services Ltd were employed as sub-contractors to install a new air-handling unit and associated pipework for the swimming pool.

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