{"id":8488,"date":"2025-10-15T14:46:55","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T14:46:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/?p=8488"},"modified":"2025-10-15T14:46:55","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T14:46:55","slug":"builder-impaled-on-machinery-after-rooflight-plunge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/builder-impaled-on-machinery-after-rooflight-plunge\/","title":{"rendered":"Builder impaled on machinery after rooflight plunge"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two companies have been fined after a man fell through a fragile rooflight and impaled his leg on machinery below during over cladding work at a factory in Keighley,<\/p>\n

A.T. Lee Properties Limited and LJH Property Limited were fined a combined total of more than \u00a395,000. Directors for each firm were also given conditional discharges and ordered to pay prosecution costs.<\/p>\n

The victim suffered leg injuries after falling at Cirteq Ltd in Keighley, on 8 July 2022.<\/p>\n

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He had been over-cladding an existing asbestos cement roof with two other operatives when he stepped onto a fragile rooflight, causing him to fall through and narrowly miss a machine operator working below.<\/p>\n

Firefighters were called to assist in rescuing the worker, who had landed on machinery, impaling his leg. Despite the horrific circumstances, he sustained relatively minor injuries.<\/p>\n

An HSE investigation found that principal contractor A.T. Lee Properties Limited failed to ensure the works were properly planned, and that neither they nor their sub-contractor, LJH Property Limited, had effective preventative and protective measures in place to control the risks associated with roof work.<\/p>\n

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They also failed to ensure that the correct equipment and tools were in place to undertake the work safely.<\/p>\n

A.T. Lee Properties Limited, of Skipton, North Yorkshire, pleaded guilty to safety breaches and was fined \u00a347,783 and ordered to pay \u00a32,386 in costs at Leeds Magistrates\u2019 Court.<\/p>\n

Company director Neil Cryer also pleaded guilty and\u00a0 received a two-year conditional discharge and was ordered to pay \u00a32,369 in costs.<\/p>\n

LJH Property Limited, of\u00a0 Shipley pleaded guilty to safety breaches and was fined \u00a347,818 and ordered to pay \u00a32,518 in costs.<\/p>\n

Company director Luke Hudson also pleaded guilty and received a two-year conditional discharge and was ordered to pay \u00a323,69 in costs.<\/p>\n

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After falling through the rooflight he was impaled on machinery below<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

HSE principal inspector Paul Thompson, who investigated the incident, said: \u201cPeople working on the roof and those working below within the factory were placed at serious risk. Had the man just a short distance either side of where he was impaled, this could have been a wholly different outcome.<\/p>\n

\u201cWork at height continues to be the leading cause of workplace fatalities, and had this work been planned, managed, and monitored to a sufficient standard by all parties involved, then this incident should not have occurred.\u201d<\/p>\n

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from Construction Enquirer https:\/\/ift.tt\/YjCWda6<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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