Labourer falls to death through window opening
25-06-2026 14:19 via constructionenquirer.com

Labourer falls to death through window opening

A contractor  has been fined £50,000 after one of its employees was killed when he fell through an unglazed window opening.
Antonio Rodrigues, 55, had been working as a labourer for Lima Construction Limited on a project to redevelop a former department store on the High Street in New Malden, into a mixture of commercial and residential units.
On 27 July 2022, Rodrigues fell from an external scaffolding platform through an unglazed window void, landing on an internal concrete ground f
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