Scaffold fall wins compensation

A man who suffered a work accident when he fell from a scaffolding walkway has been awarded £25,600 in compensation. The man was walking along a scaffolding walkway carrying a breeze block when one of the boards on the walkway floor gave way. He fell through the walkway, crushing his left hand between one of the walkway boards and the concrete breeze block he was carrying. The right length boards had not been used on the walkway – those that being used were three feet shorter, causing the walkway to fail.