Description
An employer was in breach of the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 reg.4 and reg.20 by providing removable suspended ladders for employees to access the top bunks in their sleeping accommodation because the risk of injury, if the ladders were not replaced properly, should have been foreseen. An employee injured when descending an incorrectly replaced ladder was contributorily negligent because he knew that the ladders were often moved and should have checked the ladder.
