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A self-employed roofing contractor has been given a suspended prison sentence after an incident in which his friend was killed whilst trying to help him replace the flat roof of a domestic garage.
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A self-employed roofing contractor has been given a suspended prison sentence after an incident in which his friend was killed whilst trying to help him replace the flat roof of a domestic garage.
The friend was accompanying Steve Mason, who had been contracted to replace a flat roof for a double garage at a house in Well Lane, Stock, near Chelmsford, on 24 June 2009. The victim suffered a stroke and fell through a gap in the rafters on to the garage floor, suffering multiple injuries. He died in hospital just over three weeks later, on 17 July 2009.
Steve Mason, who lives in the same road as the victim in Tiptree, received an eight month prison sentence, suspended for twelve months and was ordered to pay £500 costs at Chelmsford Crown Court after admitting breaching section 3 (2) of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974.
After the hearing, HSE Inspector Lesley Balkham said: "This sends out a powerful message to roofing contractors. Steve Mason failed to properly consider the risks of the job and act to limit the chances of injury or even death. He should have put guard-rails around the edge of the roof and taken measures to prevent anyone falling through the roof, but he chose not to. " No matter what size the business, everyone in the construction industry should be very familiar with the risks of working at height and appreciate the importance of ensuring that the right precautions are put in place, however small the job. Falls from height remain one of the biggest causes of workplace deaths in the UK."
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SMPR (Simply Marcomms Ltd)
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Coventry
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