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A builder has been given a suspended prison sentence after his employee fell through a fragile rooflight and suffered life-changing injuries, according to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE).
The incident happened on 12 August 2023 when an employee of Kent-based Jenner Roofing and Building Services was cleaning and repairing gutters and drains at an industrial estate in High Wycombe, the health and safety watchdog said.
The said that while walking next to unguarded edges of the roof, the employee approached a fragile roof covering above a service road.
“He stepped onto a rooflight, fell through it, and sustained serious, life-changing injuries including a fractured skull and cheekbone, a fractured leg and a broken wrist,” the agency added.
An investigation by the HSE found that Daniel Jenner, trading as Jenner Roofing and Building Services, had failed to implement any work-at-height measures to prevent workers from falling from the unguarded edges of the roof or through the fragile roof itself.
“There were no measures in place to mitigate for either the distance or the impact of a fall,” the HSE said.
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According to the HSE, Jenner pleaded guilty at High Wycombe Magistrates’ Court on 21 January to breaching Regulation 6(3) of the Work at Height Regulations 2005.
He received an eight-month suspended sentence, was ordered to complete 280 hours of unpaid work and pay £500 in costs, the HSE said.
HSE lead inspector Sophie Neale said: “This was a tragic but avoidable incident, where an individual suffered life-changing injuries due to working at height. Had suitable control measures been implemented, such as fall prevention or fall mitigation measures, this incident would not have occurred.
“This prosecution highlights ongoing safety failures in the construction industry, where working at height remains one of the leading causes of workplace injury and death.”
