Glasbedrijf Haubourdin risk to 36,000 euro fine for death Sandrino (41): worker fell without security eight metres down

Poperinge Glasbedrijf Haubourdin from Poperinge hangs in the Bruges court a fine of 36,000 euros over the head for a work-related accident, in which Sandrino Deroo (41) three years ago. The born "poperingenaar" lost the balance by a tilted glass window and fell eight metres down. “We want justice”, says the lawyer of his wife and daughter.

The particular tragic accident dates of april 25, 2016. In the Ieperstraat Poperinge was when we are working on the realization of the residence Court of Flanders. The local glasbedrijf Haubourdin was responsible for the placement of the windows in the fourteen apartments. The day of the facts were employees of the company engaged in the delivery of a glazing. Sandrino Deroo (41) from Poperinge was together with a colleague on the third floor of the building. “The men had glass take that with a crane and were hoisted up,” said the lawyer of his wife and daughter Wednesday morning in the criminal court of Bruges. “The colleague of Sandrino was at a particular time within just get and left the stained-glass window, therefore, rest on the balcony.”

Fall of eight feet

Probably went to the window by a violent gust of wind on the battlements. Sandrino could the weight not only bear and lost his balance. The man managed to just to cling to the balcony edge, but could not hold. He finally fell eight metres down and landed with a hard crash on the pavement, before the eyes of his colleagues. The emergency services reanimeerden Sandrino still on the spot, but help could be of no avail. The service Monitoring well-being at Work, on the yard different defects, so the company Haubourdin is Wednesday morning and the judge had to justify. “The balcony where the victim worked, was originally protected by a balustrade”, said the auditeur. “Because even a buck to the top had to be lifted, the closure is removed. Afterwards, she was never replaced.”