No Safe System for Work at Height Fine

A worker on a house roof in Leeds installing a flue liner down the inside of the chimney put up a roof ladder and had just stepped onto it when it gave way. He fell 7 metres to the ground below, breaking his back, investigation established that he did not know there was a dormer extension on the other side of the roof and that the roof ladder had failed to hook over and engage the ridge properly.

The company failed to assess the risks properly and failed to find out there was a dormer window on the rear of the roof, meaning workers were not provided with the correct equipment.
His then employer, Fluetech Ltd of Halifax, admitted 3 breaches of safety law and was fined a total of £13,500 plus costs of £3,873.