For employers in the UK, Regulation 4 (1) of the Work at Height Regulations (2005) states that every employer shall ensure that work at height is properly planned, appropriately supervised and carried out in a manner which is reasonably and practicably safe.
So it is not really surprising that Fastrac Profiles Limited, of Neptune Industrial Estate, Willenhall, near Wolverhampton, was fined £5,000 and ordered to pay £3,761 in costs after pleading guilty to breaching Regulation 4(1) of the Work of Height Regulations for allowing work to continue in the manner shown below.

The shop fitting company was fined for the safety failings after instructing two employees to work at height without any protective measures or relevant roofwork training.
The men, who do not wish to be named, were spotted and photographed by a member of the public.
And a complaint was made to the UK Health and Safety Executive (HSE).
HSE then visited the site and found the workers were not trained for the roof repairs they were undertaking.
Stafford Magistrates' Court heard that they had been instructed to weld steel to uprights at the apex of a roof.
The work was poorly planned and no risk assessment had been carried out. HSE inspectors also found that no fall-prevention measures, such as scaffolding, had been put in place.
Although the failings did not result in a fall or injury, the two employees, plus others working below them, were placed in unnecessary danger.
We all know that falls cause a large number of of fatalities. And the risk involved with work at height is entirely foreseeable.
It is, therefore, essential that proper planning, risk assessment and training is undertaken to reduce these risks.