Keywords: Health and safety, Carlisle Glass, severed artery, unsecured ladder, safety breaches,

Worker severed artery in ladder fall

Prosecutions and Claims |
29.04.2008

A Carlisle firm has been fined £10,000 after an employee fell from an unsuitable, unsecured ladder onto a broken window, severing an artery.

After the accident, the HSE served Carlisle Glass with four Prohibition Notices banning the firm using ladders in poor condition, and four Impro ...

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