Clearview National November 2014 - Issue 156 | Page 65

Solar & Renewable Energy

Solar panel installer in court after
workers’ fall through roof
»»The owner of a solar
panel business has been fined for
safety failings after two brothers
fell 15ft through a fragile roof
that had not been identified as
a risk.
Brynley Perrett, 37, suffered a
compression fracture of his back
and sternum in the incident at at
Llan-y-nant Farm, near Trellech,
Monmouthshire, in June, 2013.
His brother Anthony, was
fortunate to escape injury.

They were installing solar
panels on a building at the farm
on behalf of Andrew Green,
trading as Green Park Power. He
was prosecuted by the Health and
Safety Executive (HSE) after an
investigation found there was no
equipment or measures in place,
such as nets or scaffold edge