A decorator fell from a ladder while painting windows on a county council building in Braintree.

The man fell from the last three rungs of a ladder while he was painting windows on Tabor House, a social services building in Coggeshall Road, at 12.15pm yesterday.

The social services building is undergoing some refurbishment. The man who fell was working for contractor W S Atkins.

A spokesman for the company said the man was uninjured and that the Health and Safety Executive was not investigating.

Published Tuesday, February 22, 2005

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