A painter and decorator has died after falling 30ft from scaffolding on a house in Heswall, Merseyside.
Peter Cochrane, 50, from Irlam, Manchester who was employed by PPS Property Protection was working on the house with two other workmen they were painting the gable end of the house when the accident happened.
Arthur Flower the Coroner’s officer said: “Mr Cochrane was on the top lift of the scaffold and while holding on to the handrail he reached over to his left and overstreched, causeing the scaffold to move back.”
“He was then flung forward and fell 30ft to the ground below.”
It was reported the Mr Cochrane was initially conscious and alert after the accident but tragically died later at hospital.
Merseyside Police and the Health and Safety Executive have started a joint investigation.