A water services company and its sub-contractor have been fined after a technician fell through the roof of a pumping station in Cambridgeshire, fracturing a vertebra in his back.
Technician Matthew Morgan, sub-contracted to Anglian Water Services, fell through an unmarked fragile roof light while taking a reading from a rain gauge on top of a pumping station in Willingham, near Cambridge.
Mr Morgan, 28, of Wellington Grove, Pudsey, Leeds, West Yorkshire, suffered a fractured vertebra, cuts and bruising, and has had ongoing back pain since the fall on 6 August 2007.
His employer IETG Ltd, of Hapco House, Cross Green Way, Cross Green Industrial Estate, Leeds, appeared at Ely Magistrates' Court today and admitted breaching Section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974. The company failed to ensure the health and safety of those working near unmarked fragile skylights. Magistrates fined IETG
