Worker fell through an asbestos roof

A Hartlepool man who fell through an asbestos roof has won a two-year battle to convince his employers to accept liability.

Stephen Preston, now 24, was working for Height Solutions at the headquarters of black cab manufacturer London Taxi International in Coventry in October 2005.

He was instructed to carry a heavy fall protection cover – which ironically, is a structure that is placed over an opening to prevent people from falling – along a brittle asbestos roof.

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