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Author Topic: Workers die in falls from Forth and Tay bridges (27 & 28 Jan 2010)  (Read 3127 times)
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« on: January 28, 2010, 14:51:38 »

From the BBC» (British Broadcasting Corporation - home page):

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Two workmen have died after falling from the Forth Bridge and the Tay Rail Bridge within hours of each other.
A member of the Forth Bridge painting team fell about 150ft from a ladder just before 2100 GMT on Wednesday. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Another worker, David Rodger, 44, from Cowdenbeath in Fife, died after falling onto a ledge while working on the Tay Bridge.
The incident happened at about 0640 GMT on Thursday.
The first worker was killed when he fell from a ladder on the north side of the Forth Bridge onto scaffolding below the railway tracks.
Police, paramedics and life boat crews were called out but the man died at the scene.
Inquiries surrounding the death of Mr Rodger are ongoing, although it is thought he may have fallen about 6ft.
Police are also not ruling out the possibility he may have died of natural causes.
A British Transport Police spokesman said: "At 6.40am on Thursday, 28 January, BTP (British Transport Police) received a report of a man having fallen from a ladder onto a ledge under the Tay Rail Bridge. The man, who was a contractor, died at the scene. Police and paramedics attended the scene and HM Railway Inspectorate has been informed."
A report will be sent to the local procurator fiscal.
David Simpson, Network Rail Scotland route director, said his thoughts were with the men's families and their co-workers.
He added: "It is with great sadness that we have received news of the deaths of two of our contractors who were working on the Forth and Tay Bridges. At 8.50pm last night, a member of the painting team working at the Forth Bridge fell from height and subsequently died from his injuries.
"At around 7am this morning, we received reports of a fall at the Tay Bridge. Sadly, this accident has also resulted in the death of one of our contractors.
"These tragic events have deeply shocked and saddened everyone linked to these projects. Such events have become extremely rare in the last decade as a result of rigorous safety regimes on both bridges. An investigation into the causes of these accidents is already underway."
Ian Prosser, the director of railway safety at the Office of Rail Regulation (ORR» (Office of Rail and Road formerly Office of Rail Regulation - about)), said inquiries would take place to determine whether safety procedures needed to be tightened following the tragedies.
He said: "Our thoughts are with the families of the two men involved in these separate tragic events. Our inspectors have launched an investigation into the Forth bridge accident and we are awaiting further details about the Tay bridge incident. We expect to investigate both to find out exactly what happened and quickly identify whether more should be done to prevent other deaths or injuries."
Rail services across the Tay Bridge, which spans the Firth of Tay, are unaffected by the incident. Services across the Forth Bridge are also unaffected.
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« Reply #1 on: January 28, 2010, 14:59:24 »

The BTP (British Transport Police) spokesmen said HM Railway Inspectorate had been informed. Wasn't that renamed last year?
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« Reply #2 on: January 28, 2010, 15:25:29 »

Yes: it's now the Safety Directorate.  See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Her_Majesty's_Railway_Inspectorate

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In May 2009 the legal entity known as "HM Railway Inspectorate" ceased to exist when a single rail regulatory body covering both safety and economic issues, the Safety Directorate, was created, but the 180 individual inspectors will continue to be known as Her Majesty's Railway Inspectors.
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