A TEENAGE workman fell 20 feet to his death from a ladder which a health and safety inspector described as the worst he had ever seen.
Peter Evans, aged 18, was working on the windows of a home in Leigh when the accident happened.
He fell head first on to a concrete patio and, despite the efforts of staff at Salford's Hope Hospital, died the next day from extensive head injuries..
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Mr Evans' family were not at the inquest in Bolton yesterday, but his father, Peter Evans senior, told in a statement how his son, the eldest of four children, had been a fit and healthy boy, interested in boxing and earning a living by dealing in horses and cars and doing building work.
He told coroner Jennifer Leeming how his son had very little schooling and had started working with him gardening, block paving and asphalting from the age of nine.
"He was a good lad. He never looked for trouble," said Mr Evans.
In May last year Mr Evans junior, his uncle John Riley and two other young men turned up at Kenneth Stokes' semi-deatched house in Angus Avenue, Leigh, to replace the fascias with uPVC.
In a statement Mr Riley said Mr Evans had been putting up fascias at the back of the property and was using his own ladders, which the teenager had previously bought at a car boot sale.
Mr Stokes was sunbathing in his back garden while he watched the men work.
He told the inquest how Mr Evans was up the ladder and over-reaching sideways to try to knock in a nail when the ladder slipped and the teenager fell to the ground.
Mr Stokes phoned for an ambulance as Mr Evans lay on the ground groaning but unable to speak.
A post mortem examination revealed Mr Evans, who was living at a travellers' caravan site at Five Acre Farm, Middlewich, Cheshire, suffered several skull fractures and massive brain damage.
Health and safety inspector Ian Evans told the inquest: "The state of the ladders was key in the accident."
He added that at least one of the rungs of the metal ladder was missing and the remainder were dented. The rubber feet which should have been on the foot of the ladder were missing and no one had been holding the ladder to stabilise it while Mr Evans climbed.
A jury of five women and three men returned a verdict of accidental death.
Speaking after the inquest Mr Evans stated that the biggest cause of workplace deaths is falling from height and warned people to check the condition of their ladders before use. "This was the worst case I have ever seen," he said.
What planet is Ian Evans, the "Health & Safety Inspector", from or on? The single and only cause of this "accident" was the boy's failure to work in a safe fashion. Perhaps if his father had made sure he had a bit more "schooling" instead of training him to be a tax dodging horse dealer from the age of 9 he might have had a bit more sense. No doubt they'll be trying to sue someone next.
What planet is Ian Evans, the "Health & Safety Inspector", from or on? The single and only cause of this "accident" was the boy's failure to work in a safe fashion. Perhaps if his father had made sure he had a bit more "schooling" instead of training him to be a tax dodging horse dealer from the age of 9 he might have had a bit more sense. No doubt they'll be trying to sue someone next.
[quote][bold]OldBoltonian[/bold] wrote:
What planet is Ian Evans, the "Health & Safety Inspector", from or on? The single and only cause of this "accident" was the boy's failure to work in a safe fashion. Perhaps if his father had made sure he had a bit more "schooling" instead of training him to be a tax dodging horse dealer from the age of 9 he might have had a bit more sense. No doubt they'll be trying to sue someone next.[/quote] Hello is this not a persons life you are talking about!!!!!!
Who cares who he is or were he lives. actually alot of gypo are v clean people. prob cleaner than you. So what if he lived in a caravan he was working to make a living just like everyone else.
OldBoltonian wrote:
What planet is Ian Evans, the "Health & Safety Inspector", from or on? The single and only cause of this "accident" was the boy's failure to work in a safe fashion. Perhaps if his father had made sure he had a bit more "schooling" instead of training him to be a tax dodging horse dealer from the age of 9 he might have had a bit more sense. No doubt they'll be trying to sue someone next.
Hello is this not a persons life you are talking about!!!!!!
Who cares who he is or were he lives. actually alot of gypo are v clean people. prob cleaner than you. So what if he lived in a caravan he was working to make a living just like everyone else.
No "harry" I'm not talking about "a person's life" I'm talking about the lunatic comments of the bumptious offical who thinks it makes more sense to blame the ladder than the circumstnaces that led up to this boy's death. Try reading each word out loud slowly and one at a time next time perhaps. (And why do you feel the urge to make assumptions about my hygiene? Weird...)
No "harry" I'm not talking about "a person's life" I'm talking about the lunatic comments of the bumptious offical who thinks it makes more sense to blame the ladder than the circumstnaces that led up to this boy's death. Try reading each word out loud slowly and one at a time next time perhaps. (And why do you feel the urge to make assumptions about my hygiene? Weird...)
[quote][bold]Alan[/bold] wrote:
It was a gypo. I am sad.[/quote] He was also a human being, someones son, brother, maybe a father and I would imagine had people who loved him and are grieving - shame on you Alan.
Alan wrote:
It was a gypo. I am sad.
He was also a human being, someones son, brother, maybe a father and I would imagine had people who loved him and are grieving - shame on you Alan.
[quote][bold]irritated[/bold] wrote:
[quote][bold]Alan[/bold] wrote: It was a gypo. I am sad.[/quote] He was also a human being, someones son, brother, maybe a father and I would imagine had people who loved him and are grieving - shame on you Alan. [/quote] And probably done more than his fair share of distraction burglaries against the very old and infirm.
irritated wrote:
Alan wrote: It was a gypo. I am sad.
He was also a human being, someones son, brother, maybe a father and I would imagine had people who loved him and are grieving - shame on you Alan.
And probably done more than his fair share of distraction burglaries against the very old and infirm.
[quote][bold]OldBoltonian[/bold] wrote:
No "harry" I'm not talking about "a person's life" I'm talking about the lunatic comments of the bumptious offical who thinks it makes more sense to blame the ladder than the circumstnaces that led up to this boy's death. Try reading each word out loud slowly and one at a time next time perhaps. (And why do you feel the urge to make assumptions about my hygiene? Weird...)[/quote] It would be very hard in a lot of cases to be able to read the words out loud would be impossible,
as a lot of the spellings in most comments are spelled incorrectly.
OldBoltonian wrote:
No "harry" I'm not talking about "a person's life" I'm talking about the lunatic comments of the bumptious offical who thinks it makes more sense to blame the ladder than the circumstnaces that led up to this boy's death. Try reading each word out loud slowly and one at a time next time perhaps. (And why do you feel the urge to make assumptions about my hygiene? Weird...)
It would be very hard in a lot of cases to be able to read the words out loud would be impossible,
as a lot of the spellings in most comments are spelled incorrectly.
[quote][bold]Alan[/bold] wrote:
[quote][bold]irritated[/bold] wrote:
[quote][bold]Alan[/bold] wrote: It was a gypo. I am sad.[/quote] He was also a human being, someones son, brother, maybe a father and I would imagine had people who loved him and are grieving - shame on you Alan. [/quote] And probably done more than his fair share of distraction burglaries against the very old and infirm.[/quote] so he deserves to die right????
Alan wrote:
irritated wrote:
Alan wrote: It was a gypo. I am sad.
He was also a human being, someones son, brother, maybe a father and I would imagine had people who loved him and are grieving - shame on you Alan.
And probably done more than his fair share of distraction burglaries against the very old and infirm.
Posted by: READ PLEASE........, boltoN on 7:32pm Wed 16 May 07
EVERY TIME I COME ON THE WEBSITE TO READ COMMENTS THERES ALWAYS A FUSS GOING ON BETWEEN WHOS WROTE WHAT QUOTE AND WHY AND BLAH! BLAH! IT GOES ON FOR GODS SAKE LETS JUST PAY SOME RESPECT TO THIS VERY YOUNG MAN WHO HAS PASSED AWAY. MAY HE REST IN PEACE AND MAY GOD GIVE HIS FAMILY STRENGTH TO COME OVER THIS VERY DIFFICULT AND SAD TIME. GOOD NIGHT AND GOD BLESS.X
EVERY TIME I COME ON THE WEBSITE TO READ COMMENTS THERES ALWAYS A FUSS GOING ON BETWEEN WHOS WROTE WHAT QUOTE AND WHY AND BLAH! BLAH! IT GOES ON FOR GODS SAKE LETS JUST PAY SOME RESPECT TO THIS VERY YOUNG MAN WHO HAS PASSED AWAY. MAY HE REST IN PEACE AND MAY GOD GIVE HIS FAMILY STRENGTH TO COME OVER THIS VERY DIFFICULT AND SAD TIME. GOOD NIGHT AND GOD BLESS.X
[quote][bold]Alan[/bold] wrote:
[quote][bold]irritated[/bold] wrote: [quote][bold]Alan[/bold] wrote: It was a gypo. I am sad.[/quote] He was also a human being, someones son, brother, maybe a father and I would imagine had people who loved him and are grieving - shame on you Alan. [/quote] And probably done more than his fair share of distraction burglaries against the very old and infirm.[/quote] thats just nasty and spiteful shame on you , go and hang your sorry mean head
condolances to the family 18 years old is very young rest in peace
Alan wrote:
irritated wrote:
Alan wrote: It was a gypo. I am sad.
He was also a human being, someones son, brother, maybe a father and I would imagine had people who loved him and are grieving - shame on you Alan.
And probably done more than his fair share of distraction burglaries against the very old and infirm.
thats just nasty and spiteful shame on you , go and hang your sorry mean head
condolances to the family 18 years old is very young rest in peace
[quote][bold]Alan[/bold] wrote:
[quote][bold]irritated[/bold] wrote: [quote][bold]Alan[/bold] wrote: It was a gypo. I am sad.[/quote] He was also a human being, someones son, brother, maybe a father and I would imagine had people who loved him and are grieving - shame on you Alan. [/quote] And probably done more than his fair share of distraction burglaries against the very old and infirm.[/quote] And you are probably a kiddie fiddler alan
Alan wrote:
irritated wrote:
Alan wrote: It was a gypo. I am sad.
He was also a human being, someones son, brother, maybe a father and I would imagine had people who loved him and are grieving - shame on you Alan.
And probably done more than his fair share of distraction burglaries against the very old and infirm.
Posted by: Bolton Spy 007 The Saint, In the thick of it on 10:34pm Wed 16 May 07
And I'm harry, thats one of ten different names I use they include..... wait for it :-
dave,kerry,Danni,TrustMe,christine,Harry,jackie,nelly
If you care to look at all the posts by these people woul will spot
a) No Capitals at the start of the majority of sentences and
b) Spaces after each full stop
c) the odd spelling mistake
d) a common one people spelt poeple
e) lack of the use of commas.
All very similar mistakes in all these posts.
And I'm harry, thats one of ten different names I use they include..... wait for it :-
Posted by: Jim Robinson, Astley, Tyldesley on 11:28pm Sat 19 May 07
Reading some of the comments posted about this tragic story, I am sickened and appalled by some of you so-called 'human beings'. You should be ashamed of yourselves for your total lack of any human decency or respect.
To Peter's family and friends, sincerest condolences on your loss. No words can ease the loss of a loved one, particularly one so young. Rest in peace, Peter.
Reading some of the comments posted about this tragic story, I am sickened and appalled by some of you so-called 'human beings'. You should be ashamed of yourselves for your total lack of any human decency or respect.
To Peter's family and friends, sincerest condolences on your loss. No words can ease the loss of a loved one, particularly one so young. Rest in peace, Peter.
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