Auckland business fined over fall from height injuries to worker

An Auckland court has ordered a business to pay reparations of $43,000 after a worker fell from a roof in January 2020.

WorkSafe said the 54-year-old man was working on a roof at an Auckland school when he fell 3.6 metres onto a concrete floor below.

He suffered multiple injuries and was hospitalised for ten days.

The business was also ordered to pay a $100,000 fine over a period of five years.

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