S&S Scaffolding based in Atherton,ย Manchester is to be prosecuted following the death of one of the firms scaffolders who fell through the roof of aย warehouseย in Skelmersdale, West Lancashire.
Following anย investigationย by the Health and Safety Executive aย decisionย was made to take legal action against the scaffolding firm.
Anthony Causby, 42 died on December 14, 2010 while helping toย dismantleย a job at Walkers Snack Foods site on Pennine Way, Skelmersdale, he stepped onto a fragile skylight and plunged 12 meters to the floor below.
S&S Scaffolding has been chargedย with breaching Section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 and Regulation 9(2) of the Work at Height Regulations 2005.
This relates to the scaffolding firmย failing to ensure the safety of employees and failing to prevent workers being injured in a fall through a fragile surface.
S&S Scaffolding are due to appear atย Liverpool Magistrates Court on Thursday.
By Daniel Norton