Housing company fined after trainee plumber injures spine

A housing company has been successfully prosecuted following an incident where a trainee plumber was seriously injured falling from a loft while he was changing a water tank.

On 18 January 2007, a trainee plumber was working with a colleague in a loft space in a Council-owned residential flat when he fell through a skylight, which was covered by loft insulation material, falling approximately ten feet onto stairs below. He sustained injuries to his upper spine and was unable to work for the... (214 more words)

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