*UPDATE* BT engineer sustained broken back in 7 m fall | IOSH Magazine
As we reported earlier this week, David Spurgeon was in the roof void of a block of flats in Tower Hamlets, east London on 17 May 2011. He was fixing a reported telephone fault in a distribution point when he lost his balance and fell through the fragile ceiling tiles. He managed to hold himself suspended for a short while before dropping 7 m onto the concrete stairwell below.
Source: *UPDATE* BT engineer sustained broken back in 7 m fall | IOSH Magazine
Even the big companies with good health and safety training can get it wrong