A company has been fined after a worker died in a fall from scaffolding.
64-year-old Iftikhar Mughal was fitting a shop sign in Darwen when he fell from a six-foot platform with no guard rails in November 2022.
He died five days later.
WH Metals of Preston was fined forty-five thousand pounds, while its director, Waqas Hanif, received a suspended jail term.
The Health and Safety Executive said the death could have been prevented with proper edge protection.
Mr Asad Iftikar, Mr Mughal’s son, said: “My father was like a roof to the family, and since his death, I and my siblings have felt alone. He always supported us in everything we did; he would help us make all the important decisions in our lives.”
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