04-02-2022 08:23 via constructionenquirer.com

Work experience labourer falls through roof

A roofing contractor has been sentenced after an unpaid casual labourer fell through a skylight during the renovation of an old asbestos cement roof at an industrial building in Exeter.
Plymouth Magistrates’ Court heard that on 23 October 2018, the labourer, who wanted to gain industry experience having never previously worked on roofs, was instructed by Ian Davey (trading as Exe Fibreglass) to cut fibreglass for the roof of the building.
Once the fibreglass was cut, the labourer went up o
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