A construction company has been fined £215,000 after a worker fell from a cherry picker which was struck by a bus in Castlemilk. 

North Ayrshire-based McTaggart Construction Limited pleaded guilty to a breach of construction regulations and health and safety legislation at Glasgow Sheriff Court earlier this month.

Aedan Brown, then 27, employed by a contractor for McTaggart, was in the basket of a cherry picker, which was raised to allow repairs to cladding.

Around noon, he fell 15 feet from the cherry picker, which was struck by a number 75 First bus.

The roofer, who was not secured within the basket, was thrown from the basket and fell onto the roof of a parked car before falling to the pavement.

Mr Brown suffered a string of "life-changing" injuries including extensive fractures to his pelvis and right hip.

He also sustained a collapsed left lung and a fractured right wrist which left him in a cast.

He has not worked since the day of the incident and suffers from PTSD.

Cherry picker operator Leon Chalmers, who was also in the basket, managed to remain inside. 

The subsequent Health and Safety Executive investigation found that McTaggart Construction Limited, as principal contractor, had failed to ensure that the work being carried out at height was properly planned and that personal protective equipment was used.

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Glasgow Sheriff Court heard that on the day of the incident, a manager at the firm spoke to Mr Chalmers about putting barriers nearby, however, this was not done.

The two men went up into the basket to do the work while they were not wearing body harnesses or safety lanyards.

Prosecutor Saud Ul-Hassan said: "Mr Brown sustained multiple extensive fractures to the pelvis and right hip, a collapsed left lung and a fractured left wrist.

He has not worked since the incident and is not hopeful of returning to the same field due to the physical nature of it.

"He is now physically unable to play golf and football which he had previously enjoyed before the incident."

Speaking after the sentencing, Debbie Carroll, who leads health and safety investigations for the COPFS, said: "This was a serious incident that could have been avoided if McTaggart Construction Limited had put in place the appropriate planning and protective measures.

"Falls from height are usually the greatest single cause of death and serious injury to workers within the construction industry.

“Hopefully this prosecution will remind other employers that failure to fulfil their obligations can have serious and life-changing consequences and that they will be held to account for their failings."