British Telecom fined £500,000 over loft accident

Telecommunications giant BT was fined half a million pounds today (MON) after one of its engineers broke both ankles falling from a loft. David Spurgeon was working alone in the attic space at a block of flats when he slipped and plunged through ceiling tiles on to a concrete stairwell. He shattered both ankles and suffered serious damage to his back in the accident at Tay House on St Stephen’s Road, Bow, east London, on 17 May 2011. Mr Spurgeon…