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Warehouse roof 02.08.2005

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Warehouse roof

A 27-year-old and several others were employed by a company to remove and replace the roof of a warehouse. There was no safe system prepared before the work began and no safety precautions were in place. The young man, who had never worked on a roof before, stepped backwards onto a fragile roof light on an adjoining warehouse, which gave way. He fell nearly 7m landing on the ground floor directly below, and died as a result of his injuries.

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EU Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities
"Our message is that we all share responsibility for protecting young people at work. Employers have a duty of care and are legally responsible for the health and safety of their workers, and EU law recognises that young people need special protection. But this is also an issue for parents, for health and safety professionals, and for the education community. And ultimately, it's an issue for policymakers. We all have to work together, to make sure that young people have a safe and healthy start to their working lives."

Vladimír Špidla, EU Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities