The death of a Christchurch dad-of-two, who fell through a rooflight while working on a building in Bournemouth, could have been prevented.

The Health and Safety Executive prosecuted two firms, TRN Electrical and Cladcoat, who have been fined a combined forty thousand pounds.

Forty-two year old Carl Pearson died from head injuries in December 2007, and the HSE later found a risk assessment was inadequate.