Safety failings by Nationwide Roofing and Cladding left roofer Allen Smith with 'life changing injuries'
4:56pm Wednesday 7th May 2014 in News
A Southampton worker suffered life-changing injuries after he plunged five metres through a hole in a church roof in while it was being repaired, a court has heard.
Father of three Allen Smith, 58, from Southampton, sustained a collapsed lung, smashed pelvis and head injuries in the fall at Anerley Methodist Church in Penge, London, on October 25, 2011.
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) investigated and today prosecuted Nationwide Roofing and Cladding Ltd. for serious safety failings at Westminster Magistrates Court.
The court was told Mr Smith was part of a four-strong team, including the firms director, which was replacing the church roof owing to a series of leaks. The team was three-quarters of its way through the job when the incident happened.
Mr Smith was standing on a lightweight staging board while grinding off bolts, working from the roof ridge down toward the gutter and sliding the asbestos cement sheets down to labourers to lift onto a forklift truck.
As the work went on, one of the labourers heard a loud bang and turned to see Mr Smith had fallen through the roof opening to the hall floor below. A length of the staging board was also on the floor.
Mr Smith was in hospital for two months, has had a subsequent operation on his lungs, will need a hip replacement and is likely to suffer long-term arthritis. He is unlikely to ever work again.
HSE told the court it served an enforcement notice on Nationwide Roofing and Cladding immediately after the incident preventing any further work until suitable safety measures were in place to prevent falls.
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