A company was sentenced today after a worker fell from a ladder sustaining a fracture to his lower leg. 

The operative was attempting to install a first-floor rear bedroom window at a property, when the ladder he was climbing slipped on the surface. The ladder was not footed or tied, and the operative fell from a height of over three metres, sustaining a broken knee cap which required surgery. 

A roofing contractor was sentenced today for safety breaches after a worker suffered numerous fractures following a fall through a fragile roof.