Construction industry suffers 48th fatality

A 50-year-old employee with contractor C & N Properties (Scotland) has been killed after a fall from height.

The unnamed man was helping to build an extension at a house in Erskine, near Glasgow, when the incident happened on Tuesday afternoon.

It is believed the man, who suffered cardiac arrest and severe head injuries, fell from scaffolding erected around the property.

The death is the 48th in the construction industry since April - half of which have come from falls from height.