February 11, 2025
A company has been fined £120,000 after an employee broke his leg while working on a property in Salisbury.
The 23-year-old man fell from the roof of a house on Sherfield English Road while working for EE Renewables Limited on 16 December 2022. He had been adjusting a solar panel when he slipped and fell four metres to the ground below, resulting in a broken femur.
An investigation by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) revealed that EE Renewables Limited had failed to properly plan the work at height and did not take adequate steps to prevent a fall. The company had been hired by the homeowner to reposition nine solar panels higher up on the roof.
EE Renewables Limited, based on Salterns Lane, Fareham, Hampshire, pleaded guilty to breaching Section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974. The company was fined £120,000 and ordered to pay £4,716 in costs at Swindon Magistrates’ Court on 23 December 2024.
HSE inspector Sam Applebee said: “EE Renewables Limited did not plan this work properly to ensure it could be carried out safely. There were insufficient measures to protect workers from falling, and the company failed to provide edge protection.”
