Putney collapse

Thoughts go out to the families concerned - a black Monday for the building trade in general.
 
Pass that job twice a day and it always looks well managed , just goes to show you never know.
I hope the 2 lads make a full recovery and condolences to the family of the lad that died .
 
Putney site death involved carpenter

Putney site death involved carpenter

30 October, 2012 | By Mark Smulian




The worker who died in an accident at a Putney site yesterday is understood to have been a carpenter, but the fall was not a “straightforward scaffolding accident”.


Two other site workers were injured in the accident, which involved a fall from one of the two towers being built.

A Metropolitan Police spokeswoman said: “At this early stage we think that a man fell from a platform at the site and subsequently made contact with the other two men.”

The incident took place at developer St James’ Langham Square development next to East Putney station in Upper Richmond Road, where two towers each of eight storeys of flats are under construction, with Blyth & Blyth as consulting engineer.

Langham Square was expected to be closed at least for the rest of the week while Health and Safety Executive staff investigate.

St James declined to name any subcontractor who might have been involved in the accident.

Police were called to the site shortly after 10am yesterday, following reports of three injured men.

The London Ambulance, Air Ambulance and Fire Service arrived at the scene.

One man was treated by paramedics but pronounced dead at 11am. A second was taken to hospital with suspected non-life threatening injuries. The third injured man was not taken to hospital.

A source said that while the BBC had described the fatality as a scaffolding accident “it was not a straightforward scaffolding accident and the man who died was not a scaffolder”.

St James, part of the Berkeley Group, said in a statement: “It is with great sadness that we learnt of an incident at our Langham Square development in Putney, in which a member of the site team suffered fatal injuries. We extend our deepest sympathies to his family at this incredibly difficult time.

“Two other men were also injured in the incident and our thoughts are with them and their families as well.

“We are investigating this incident as a matter of urgency and working with both the Health and Safety Executive and the emergency services to establish what happened.”
 
I was on that site that morning erecting and the accident was nothing to do with scaffolding. Two of them fell five floors down a stair core.
 
Not many people saw the accident as it was breakfast time. I was in the cafe across the road at the time. There's a few stories going around. Not sure of the facts. The top of the shaft had timber joists going across and decked out with ply. Half of the joists and ply are now missing??
Very sad day on site. Thoughts are with his family.

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Yeah I work for brogans.
 
I spent a good while on there years ago when their yard was at Hanger Lane , not a bad firm to work for , is Darcy the lorry driver still on there ?
 
Yeah darcys still there as yard manager. Hanger lane!! That must be along time ago as I've been there since 99 and the yard and office is in south gate.
 
They moved from Hanger Lane to South Gate , i used to work with Jim brogan on the tools before he started Brogans , we work on Anglewest
 
Never worked at Lakeside , but i knew Mick Messer very well worked with him on Anglewest on a few of his jobs , he was one top lad , we always got 1.5 x for Saturday and 2 x for Sunday , always singing what a character , is his son still scaffolding ?

Billy white dont ring a bell , but i spent 3 years on Anglewest in the early 80s , some first class scaffolders on there in them days , ever come across Steve Trainer ? he went to Brogans as well as a lot of the Anglewest lads
 
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