Kenneth Armitage, 81, fell through a hole in the floor of his first-floor bathroom made by an employee of Cooper and Westgate, Leeds Crown Court heard.
Joiner Matthew Hobson, then 19, didn’t put proper safety barriers round the hole when he left it for the weekend in the house in Whitestone Drive off Huntington Road, York.
The court heard the bathroom had the only toilet in the house.
Cooper and Westgate, of Heworth, denied failure to ensure Mr Armitage's safety and that of other members of the public and failure to ensure the safety of its employees including Mr Hobson but was unanimously convicted by the jury on both charges after an eight-day trial.
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- Cooper & Westgate didn't give worker safety training, jury told
- Cooper & Westgate of York defends its safety procedures
- City of York Council to review Cooper & Westgate' status as an approved contractor
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