The accident took place at a construction site in Cathcart Hill, near Tufnell Park, on April 15, 2024.
Premier Property and Construction Limited, an Essex roofing contractor, was working as a contractor under Axis Europe Limited, a London-based property refurbishment company.
The injured worker was contracted as a general labourer.
An investigation by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) revealed that during an unplanned lifting operation, a load became trapped.
When the worker tried to free it, the load released and pulled him over the edge of the scaffold.
Premier Property and Construction Limited was found to have failed in planning, managing, and monitoring the work.
This included the use of proper lifting equipment and accessories.
Axis Europe Limited also failed in its duty.
The company did not recognise insufficient detail on lifting operations and did not adequately challenge or prevent the use of untested lifting accessories on site.
Both companies pleaded guilty to breaches of the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015.
On December 5, 2025, at Highbury Corner Magistrates’ Court, Axis Europe Limited was fined £640,000.
Premier Property and Construction Limited received a £160,000 fine.
Both were ordered to pay £4,787.59 in costs and a £2,000 victim surcharge.
HSE inspector Andrew Pipe said: “Every year, a significant proportion of construction-related accidents, many of them serious and sometimes fatal, occur as a result of inadequately planned, managed or monitored work.
“This was a wholly avoidable incident.
“Had both companies taken appropriate measures to ensure workers’ health and safety, the life-changing injuries would not have occurred.
“The fines imposed on Axis Europe Limited and Premier Property and Construction Limited should underline to everyone in the construction industry that the courts, and HSE, take failures to follow the regulations extremely seriously.
“HSE will not hesitate to take action against companies which do not do all that they should to keep people safe.”
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