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LATEST NEWS & EVENTS Fall from height injury 'highlights need for safe scaffolding'  An accident at work that saw an employee seriously injured when he fell from a scaffolding tower highlights the need for guardrails on these structures, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has said. In a case that demonstrates how construction workers may be more likely to need help from a personal injury lawyer in Southampton than people in other industries, Aberdeen-based Spark's Mechanical Services Ltd was fined £10,000 following the incident last year. Falls from height are responsible for over a third of reportable injuries among the UK workforce. In 2009/10, 38 people were killed after work-related falls from height. In this case, the employee, Charles Howie, suffered a collapsed lung and five fractured ribs after he fell from a scaffold tower. The tower was struck by one of the refrigeration units he was trying to remove. In addition to failing to wait for a forklift truck to support the units to prevent this, the top guardrails were missing from the tower. HSE inspector John Radcliffe said it is "crucial that guardrails are always in place around the working platforms of scaffolds to avoid potential falls, often with catastrophic consequences". Posted by Paul Stevens 
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