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Garage roof 20.04.2006

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Garage roof

A 16-year-old trainee, on a work experience placement, fractured both elbows and wrists when he fell from the roof of a garage that he was helping to replace. His employer was found not to have taken any precautions to prevent falls from height, and there was no safe system of work. All the roof coverings were removed in one go and the trainee worked straddling the rafters, with one foot on a beam and one foot on the front fascia board, while knocking home the nails that kept the old boards in place. He fell from the roof onto a concrete drive when the fascia board fell.

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Director General of FIEC
"FIEC, together with its Social Partner EFBWW, has been promoting health and safety initiatives for many years. We are convinced that one of the most promising ways towards achieving a real improvement is through the implementation of appropriate health and safety training for youngsters entering our sector. This will increase the overall awareness of risks and the possibilities of avoiding them. Consequently, FIEC wholeheartedly supports the aims of the 2006 OSHA campaign."

Ulrich Paetzold, Director General of FIEC