Construction firm fined £7,500 after carpenter falls to his death

A London-based construction company, Circleworth Ltd, has been fined £7,500 following the death of a 63-year-old self-employed carpenter when he fell from a scaffold.


Edward Smith was involved in a job to refurbish a semi-detached house and build a loft coversion when he fell approximately 2.4 metres from the exterior access scaffold. No appropriate ladder had been provided to access the scaffold. The ladder that was used on the day of the accident was too short for the purpose. It is beli... (58 more words)

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