Construction worker dead after falling down lift shaft
11:34 26 Feb 2004
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A construction worker has died after falling 15m down a lift shaft on the University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust hospital project site in Coventry.
The accident at Walsgrave Hospital, which is being investigated by the Health & Safety Executive, is believed to have involved a man in his 50's. The victim has not been named.
The man was working on the £330m superhospital being built off Clifford Bridge Road by Skanska. Work started on site last year and is due for completion in 2007.
A spokesman for the HSE said: "It is very early days at the moment but we have had investigators on site this afternoon and a joint investigation with the police has been launched."
Skanska spokesman Tanya Barnes said: "The matter is under investigation and we are unable to comment further at this time."