Fulham Fall Through Rooflight Refurb
A London firm has been fined £60,000 after a worker suffered life-changing injuries when he fell through an unprotected roof light at a domestic refurb project in Fulham.
Lowndes Lumb Construction was convicted on 3 August 2026 for the accident that took place on 10 November 2023. The worker was carrying out roof refurbishment work at a domestic property on Langthorne Street, Fulham. He was passing materials through an open, unprotected roof light during a property renovation. He fell through the opening onto the concrete floor below, sustaining serious injuries.
No care taken
An investigation by the Health & Safety Executive found that the company had failed to take suitable measures to protect workers from the risk of falling from height. Measures to prevent falls, such as scaffolding, guard rails, an internal crash deck or harness systems, had not been used.
HSE guidance states that work at height must be properly planned, appropriately supervised and carried out safely by competent people. Work at height means work in any place where, if precautions were not in place, a person could fall a distance liable to cause personal injury.
Guilty
Lowndes Lumb Construction pleaded guilty to breaching Regulation 6(3) of the Work at Height Regulations 2005. The company was fined £60,000 and ordered to pay £6,070 in costs at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on 3 August 2026.
HSE Inspector Lydia Edwards said: “Falls from height remain one of the leading causes of workplace death and serious injury. The latest HSE statistics show they accounted for around a quarter of all worker deaths in Great Britain during 2025/26.
“This was a wholly avoidable incident that resulted in a worker suffering life-changing injuries. Had suitable measures been in place to prevent a fall, this incident could have been prevented.
“If you are working at height and think there is a risk that someone or something could fall, you must take action to control that risk.”
This HSE prosecution was brought by HSE enforcement lawyer Edward Parton and paralegal officer Melissa Wardle.
Picture: The unprotected roof light where the person fell and received life-changing injuries.
