A construction company has been fined after an employee died as a result of falling from a mobile tower. In September 2017, Sean Harding was working from a mobile tower, levelling a steel beam that was seated on a door lintel. This involved using a crowbar to lever the beam up for a work colleague to insert a metal packer into the gap. Mr Harding caught his jacket sleeve on the tower, lost balance and fell over a single guard rail and down to ground level. He was taken to hospital but died three months later due to medical complications. HSE's investigation found that the mobile tower was not configured correctly for the task, due to the limited headroom. It said that double guard rails could have been used, if configured correctly.
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