SamPhillips
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Hi guys - at this juncture I don't want to post my name (as I am heavily involved in the design of the project) however I can confirm the fatality occurred at The Lancasters (Lancaster Gate), and involved a scaffold pole falling from high level and striking an operative (dry liner) at low level, who was sat smoking in the welfare / smoking area.
The welfare / smoking area should never had been located adjacent to the scaffolding and has now been moved. Unlike what someone in an earlier post suggested this area did not have any sort of roof to it.
Whilst on site yesterday I heard that the scaffold pole fell during alteration works. Apparently the operative un-clamped one end of the pole without realising the opposite end was un-clamped, and thus the pole fell. Apparently there was no method statement for these works. As scaffolders I wonder what you guys think of this - sounds like a lack of care and concentration to me?
H&S on the site is appalling and I have felt unsafe many times during site visits. My user name is an alias before someone comments.
A bucket of roses has been positioned where the fatality occurred. The poor bloke was still alive for at least 4 minutes after the accident which was, in my opinion, totally avoidable.
The welfare / smoking area should never had been located adjacent to the scaffolding and has now been moved. Unlike what someone in an earlier post suggested this area did not have any sort of roof to it.
Whilst on site yesterday I heard that the scaffold pole fell during alteration works. Apparently the operative un-clamped one end of the pole without realising the opposite end was un-clamped, and thus the pole fell. Apparently there was no method statement for these works. As scaffolders I wonder what you guys think of this - sounds like a lack of care and concentration to me?
H&S on the site is appalling and I have felt unsafe many times during site visits. My user name is an alias before someone comments.
A bucket of roses has been positioned where the fatality occurred. The poor bloke was still alive for at least 4 minutes after the accident which was, in my opinion, totally avoidable.
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