Contractor fined £60,000 after collapsing wall knocks worker through floor opening

A contractor has been fined £60,000 after a wall collapsed, knocking an employee through an open stairwell onto a concrete floor below. General labourer Mark Jones suffered multiple fractures and a dislocated shoulder, spending a month in hospital as a result.

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