British Aerospace fined £250,000 after fatal fall from scaffolding

BAE Systems has been fined £250,000 after a welder fell 90ft to his death in the North Sea. The scaffolding on which Billy Farrell had been working had no safety rails or toe boards, and the contractor had not been wearing a safety harness.

The work had been contracted out to Great Yarmouth-based Ark Offshore International, and BAE's advice had been ignored in assembling scaffolding, but the judge held that health and safety "remained the ultimate responsibility of BAE". Hon Mr Justice Creb... (69 more words)

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