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Council guilty after worker crushed by pack of roof trusses

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Darlington Borough Council has been fined £28K after a labourer was injured when a pack of roof trusses fell on him.

Newton Aycliffe Magistrates’ Court heard how, on 5 October 2017, the self-employed labourer was working for two brickies sub-contracted to Darlington Borough Council. He was walking past the front of the building plot at Allington Way, Darlington, when a pack of roof trusses fell on him, trapping him by the head and arm.

An investigation by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) found there was an overall failure to adequately monitor work activities at the site at Allington Way, Darlington. Contributing factors to the incident included inadequate arrangements for the storage of roof trusses, failure to manage the amount of materials on site, failure to plan for parking of vehicles on site and poor housekeeping on site.

Darlington Borough Council of Town Hall, Darlington pleaded guilty to breaching the Construction (Design & Management) Regulations 2015 and has been fined £28,000 with £1,648.45 in costs.

Speaking after the hearing, HSE inspector Andrea Robbins said: “It is vital that work activities on construction sites are properly planned, managed and monitored to prevent issues like this developing on site – the failures found here ultimately led to the roof trusses falling onto the labourer, causing serious injuries. This could have been prevented.”

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