Fall prevention

A builder and scaffolding company have been fined a total of $400,000 for safety breaches at a Moonee Ponds housing development after a carpenter died following a suspected fall.

A demolition company has been convicted and fined a total of $40,000 after a worker fell through a skylight and fractured his spine at a residential site in Mornington.

A Monbulk nursery and horticulture supplier has been fined $65,000 after a worker fell through a shed roof onto a concrete floor, suffering a fatal head injury.