Work at height accident leaves worker paralysed

The HSE is warning firms and their employees to make sure proper precautions are in place when working at height after a man was left paralysed from the waist down.

Stephen Monks was working at Lancashire Chemical Works Ltd when, on 12 April 2005, he fell more than 3m through an open trapdoor, leaving him paralysed below the waist and in hospital for seven months.

The case was orignally heard at Buxton Magistrates' Court where the company pleaded guilty to a breach of Regulation 6(3) of t... (334 more words)

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