Industry chalks up another fatality.
A demolition worker has died of injuries he suffered when he was crushed on a Yorkshire demolition site.
Andy Hagan, 35, who is believed to have lived in Allerton, was reported to have been partially buried when a wall collapsed at the former Deighton Centre in Huddersfield.
He died of his injuries on Tuesday at Leeds General Infirmary – a week after the incident.
Hagan is understood to have worked for Gill Demolitions Ltd, based at Progress Works, Hall Lane, Bradford, on the site which is owned by Kirklees Council.
A Health and Safety Executive (HSE) spokesman yesterday confirmed it was carrying out an an investigation into the circumstances which led to Hagan’s death.
A spokesman at Kirklees Coroners Office also confirmed Hagan’s death had been reported to officers but said a date to open an inquest had not yet been set.
