[kellyhound]

James Cranswick, 26, was installing temporary scaffolding edge protection for Clover Access Systems Limited at a warehouse at Acre Mills in Keighley, West Yorkshire, when the incident took place.

Mr Cranswick was on the roof carrying materials from one end of the unit to the other when he stepped on a skylight and subsequently fell more than 6 metres to the concrete floor beneath.

An investigation by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) found that both Clover Access Systems Limited and STM360 Limited failed to plan, manage and monitor the work being undertaken by the scaffolders at the unit.

As such, no measures were in place to prevent the scaffolders falling from the edge of the unit, or through the fragile elements of the roof.

The skylights of the unit were almost invisible to Mr Cranswick and he was unaware of any fragile elements of the roof.

Clover Access Systems Limited pleaded guilty to breaching The Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015, Regulation 15.

They were fined £26,000 and ordered to pay costs of £2,866 at Leeds Magistrates Court on 4 June 2026. The company are now in liquidation.

STM360 Limited pleaded guilty to breaching The Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015, Regulation 13. The company was fined £53,300 and ordered to pay £3,167 in costs.

[Mecrupulent]

Fuck it hurts for him

He was lucky his spine didn't snap like a dry twig. Although, the story doesn't tell that there was no spinal damage...