The man fell through a stairwell opening where temporary boarding was being used, the HSE says.
Two firms have been fined after a builder fractured his skull when he fell from the first floor of a building, the safety watchdog has said.
Runcorn's Total Brickwork UK and Horwich's Challenger Building Services admitted breaching regulations.The HSE said the man was working for the Runcorn firm on a site owned by the Horwich company where five terraced and four semi-detached homes were being built. They said he stepped forward "as he was going to lean it against a wall", but fell through the opening "as there were no floorboards underneath the temporary boards".
The HSE's investigation found the firms had "failed to plan, manage and monitor work at the site to ensure it could be carried out safely".
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