June 18, 2021
Southend High School for Boys Academy Trust has been sentenced after a worker fell from a ladder.
The incident happened on 19 February 2019, when the injured person was using an unsecured ladder at the school to dismantle a canopy roof. The ladder slipped, causing the worker to fall and sustain fractures to his face, a fractured femur and other injuries.
The HSE’s investigation found that:
Southend High School for Boys Academy Trust of Prittlewell Chase, Westcliff On Sea, Essex pleaded guilty to breaching Section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974. It has been fined £24,000 and ordered to pay costs of £5,446.
Speaking after the hearing, HSE inspector Eleanor Kinman said: “Falls from height remain one of the most common causes of work-related fatalities in this country and the risks associated with working at height are well known.
“Those in control of work have a responsibility to devise safe methods of working and to provide the necessary information, instruction and training to their workers in the safe system of working.
“If a suitable safe system of work had been in place prior to the incident, the serious injuries sustained by the employee could have been prevented.”
This is valid as of 18th June 2021.
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