A property management firm in Scotland has been fined £200,000 after an employee suffered life-changing injuries in a fall.

The sole director of a Wakefield roofing company has received a suspended prison sentence, after a subcontractor died when he fell 12m through a skylight.

Falls from an elevated platform are almost always fatal, as new analysis of accident data by the International Powered Access Federation illustrates.

This month’s round-up of prosecutions focuses on falls from height, which continue to cause a significant proportion of the industry’s deaths and injuries.

All these prosecutions from the last quarter relate to falls from height.