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A solar panel installation company has been fined after a worker fell while installing solar panels at a property in Dumfries and Galloway.
RJW Electrical Services (Lochmaben) Limited of Vendace Place, Lochmaben, Lockerbie pleaded guilty to breaching Regulation 4 of the Work at Height Regulations 2005, and Section 33(1)(c) of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974.
It was fined £10,000 at Stranrear Sheriff Court.
The court heard how on 25 April 2014, an employee was placing solar panels onto a roof of a barn in Newton Stewart.
The worker stepped back on to a roof-light and fell through it, falling 3.6 metres to the floor below.
The court was told of how RJW Electrical Services had no measures in place to prevent the risk of falling from the edfe of the roof, or falling through roof-lights.
By not having these measures in place, the company exposed the employee to the risk of serious injury.
(LM)
