A school based in West Yorkshire have breached the Health and Safety at Work Act. Major injury was caused to the employee, after falling through the ceiling of the school hall.
The employee in the accident is still in recovery awaiting further operations, as she suffered a broken back that left her in hospital for three weeks.
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) investigated and found that when the teaching assistant was searching for a spare desk in the loft space, she fell due to the area being only partially boarded. Unfortunately, the fragile ceiling gave way.
Bradford Magistrates’ Court heard that, as the teaching assistant entered the loft, they fell around four metres through the fragile ceiling.
The school has been fined £4,000 and ordered to pay a surcharge of £181 and £747.80 costs, after they pleaded guilty to breaching Section 6 (3) of the Work at Height Regulations 2005.
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Source: HSE
