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The family of an Isle of Wight scaffolder who tragically fell to his death earlier this year, are backing a new health and safety drive.
Dean Marden died back in March while working on scaffolding at a building site in Ryde. An investigation into the incident is still underway.
Dean's Mother Molly, is urging other scaffolders and tradesmen to attend a series of health and safety workshops. "Losing Dean has been a total tragedy for our family and friends. He has left a hole in our lives that we will never be able to fill. We would encourage other scaffolders and builders to do anything to avoid becoming a victim of this kind of accident, and support the training events organised on the Island. We urge people to attend."
The free events, taking place on 20 and 21 July, are the first of their kind on the Isle of Wight and they are designed to be particularly beneficial to small and micro construction businesses.
Charles Gilby from the Health and Safety Executive is organising the events, he's concerned that Island tradesman aren't being responsible. "The gut feeling is that the overall standards on the Isle of Wight for safety in construction are probably lower than on the mainland.
"If they don't turn up to the event, the people who really suffer are themselves and their families because accidents will come. They are preventable, people can learn to do things in new ways, but should they choose not we know that people will be hurt and injured and even killed on construction sites."
All the events are free but places must be booked in advance and are on a first-come, first-served basis. Numbers are restricted to two representatives per company. To confirm attendance, please email nicola.ward@iwcollege.ac.uk by 15 July 2011. For more information, please call Nicola on 01983 535 208.
Source: Isle of Wight Radio
Dean Marden died back in March while working on scaffolding at a building site in Ryde. An investigation into the incident is still underway.
Dean's Mother Molly, is urging other scaffolders and tradesmen to attend a series of health and safety workshops. "Losing Dean has been a total tragedy for our family and friends. He has left a hole in our lives that we will never be able to fill. We would encourage other scaffolders and builders to do anything to avoid becoming a victim of this kind of accident, and support the training events organised on the Island. We urge people to attend."
The free events, taking place on 20 and 21 July, are the first of their kind on the Isle of Wight and they are designed to be particularly beneficial to small and micro construction businesses.
Charles Gilby from the Health and Safety Executive is organising the events, he's concerned that Island tradesman aren't being responsible. "The gut feeling is that the overall standards on the Isle of Wight for safety in construction are probably lower than on the mainland.
"If they don't turn up to the event, the people who really suffer are themselves and their families because accidents will come. They are preventable, people can learn to do things in new ways, but should they choose not we know that people will be hurt and injured and even killed on construction sites."
All the events are free but places must be booked in advance and are on a first-come, first-served basis. Numbers are restricted to two representatives per company. To confirm attendance, please email nicola.ward@iwcollege.ac.uk by 15 July 2011. For more information, please call Nicola on 01983 535 208.
Source: Isle of Wight Radio