{"id":536872,"date":"2026-01-27T12:45:46","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T12:45:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.constructionnews.co.uk\/?p=536872"},"modified":"2026-01-27T12:29:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T12:29:15","slug":"worker-suffers-life-changing-injuries-after-roof-fall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.constructionnews.co.uk\/health-and-safety\/worker-suffers-life-changing-injuries-after-roof-fall-27-01-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Worker suffers life-changing injuries after roof fall"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A builder has been given a suspended prison sentence after his employee fell through a fragile rooflight and suffered life-changing injuries, according to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE).<\/p>\n<p>The incident happened on 12 August 2023 when an employee of Kent-based Jenner Roofing and Building Services was cleaning and repairing gutters and drains at an industrial estate in High Wycombe, the health and safety watchdog said.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.constructionnews.co.uk\/health-and-safety\/one-in-40-construction-workers-injured-in-last-three-years-21-11-2025\/\">HSE<\/a> said that while walking next to unguarded edges of the roof, the employee approached a fragile roof covering above a service road.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe stepped onto a rooflight, fell through it, and sustained serious, life-changing injuries including a fractured skull and cheekbone, a fractured leg and a broken wrist,\u201d the agency added.<\/p>\n<p>An investigation by the HSE found that Daniel Jenner, trading as Jenner Roofing and Building Services, had failed to implement any work-at-height measures to prevent workers from falling from the unguarded edges of the roof or through the fragile roof itself.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere were no measures in place to mitigate for either the distance or the impact of a fall,\u201d the HSE said.<\/p>\n<p>According to the HSE, Jenner pleaded guilty at High Wycombe Magistrates\u2019 Court on 21 January\u00a0to breaching Regulation 6(3) of the Work at Height Regulations 2005.<\/p>\n<p>He received an eight-month suspended sentence, was ordered to complete 280 hours of unpaid work and pay \u00a3500 in costs, the HSE said.<\/p>\n<p>HSE lead inspector Sophie Neale said: \u201cThis was a tragic but avoidable incident, where an individual suffered life-changing injuries due to working at height. 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