Overview
- A concrete pipe toppled at Bellway’s Sniperley Park DH1 development in Durham, which occurred Thursday shortly before 1pm, injuring a 17-year-old contractor.
- North East Ambulance Service sent an ambulance crew, a specialist paramedic, two clinical team leaders, and a duty officer, with the Great North Air Ambulance team assisting by road, before transport to Newcastle’s Royal Victoria Infirmary.
- The Health and Safety Executive opened a joint investigation with Durham Police and inspectors visited the site Thursday, with specialist officers supporting the teenager’s family.
- Bellway said groundworks at the development were being carried out by principal contractor Esh Group and that the injured person worked for that contractor.
- Esh Group said it is assisting both agencies after what it described as a serious incident involving a subcontractor’s employee.