Health and safety inspector tells of worst case ever seen

A teenage workman fell to his death from a height of 20 feet as his ladder slipped underneath him.

Health and safety inspector, Ian Evans described this case as the “worst” he had ever seen.

The young worker, Peter Evans of 18 years of age was working on the windows of a home in Leigh. Whilst reaching sideways to try to knock in a nail, the ladder slipped underneath him and the teenager fell to the ground and died.

A post mortem showed that he suffered several skull fracture... (316 more words)

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