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Worker narrowly eludes death in scaffolding accident
Posted by Carl Gryniewicz | Date Posted 20.08.2007 | Time Posted 07:47:53 | Views: 459
A construction worker in Darton-in-Furness, Lancashire narrowly eluded death when the scaffolding structure he was standing upon broke free from the residential building to which it was secured. The injured man's son was also on the platform, he escaped injury by by holding on to the roof members.
The structure fell across the road and luckily nobody else was injured.
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