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Len Smith & Son fined over roof fall

Aug 11, 2026 | News

Northumberland contractor Len Smith & Son Building Contractors Limited has been fined £20,000 after a bricklayer stepped on to a fragile roof, falling eight feet onto concrete and breaking two vertebrae. HSE found the company had no safe system of work for the activity being undertaken.

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