Two women were injured when scaffolding collapsed, leaving one of them trapped, in a Leicester street this morning (28th January 2015).
Scaffolding erected on a shop front of a substantial size collapsed into the road hitting a passing bus and van as it fell into a Leicester street shortly after 11:30am this morning.
Two women were injured, leaving one woman trapped under the collapsed structure thought to be in her 60s. After paramedics arrived she was helped out of the wreckage on foot. Another person was brought out of a nearby shop on a stretcher and put in the back of an ambulance local media reported.
Both women were both taken to Leicester Royal Infirmary for minor injures.
Eye witness, Dan Brown told local media:
“I was in the office and heard a massive gust of wind. I stood up, looked out of the window and the scaffolding was coming down.
“I ran across the road and a lady was underneath. She was on the floor on her knees.
“We pulled seven planks of wood out, enabling someone to get in to make sure she was okay.”
The Health and Safety Executive has been made aware of the incident and is carrying out an investigation.
The work was being carried out by Emperor Scaffolding, of Ravensbridge Drive, off Blackbird Road, Leicester.
Martin Morley, Managing Director of Emperor Scaffolding, said:
“The HSE are carrying out an investigation and I’ve been advised not to comment while their investigation is under way.”
Scaffolders from the company were waiting to go in and dismantle the collapsed structure.
Can i put it back up tha rite way
Naughty!!!
Paul Goldsmith jay Jay Hepting
Cheers to the cunts who put that up, now Big Brother (also known as HSE will be watching)
Looks them andy jordan and brant need to go back to collage
Adam Twiselton or Olly Leeding Olly Leeding and Liam Townsend was this one of you lot ?
Job and knock strip!!!
Not in leicester lol
No read it its the leicster boyys ahah
Not guilty
Sam James Joel Edwards Jake Henson lool who it is boys haha, Andrew Spliff Smith Jordan Bray john fidoe s gonna be fuumin
Even I ain’t that bad
Tom Druce this is hatfield waiting :((
Lmao!! Nicking it too :))U0001f600U0001f600
Haha
I worked with a part two in sugar beat factory who didn’t know what a return was!
Yeah fort that nip in the window woulda tied it in nicely but obviously not lol
One of yours brad?
Slashers
1 in every 4 ayy U0001f609U0001f602
Oops….
Tied in well that pal U0001f648U0001f648U0001f648
Check this out…
Rhino Boy-little
no got ties. ?? fkn embarasing to our trade
you know that when you making tower why not put it tie or soport
POETS day clearly
O dear not good.
Well only half would’ve fell then lolU0001f4aaU0001f40c
Dan Sullivan is this another one of tom wil sons jobs?? Lol
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Looks like there were planks building it as well as on it
I know his mate, dwayne pipe
I have
Told you to put some ties in it
I know my job that is 🙁
Joseph Sheedy
Rob Swede Smith
Don’t know about other parts if the country, but down here the job centre are paying for people to do their part 1s, and probation paying for anyone and everyone also. Just handing them out to any prick.
Work away…….its a cracker!!
Probably some 2 man band nice an cheap cash job no Rams no insurance no clue.
I’m stealing this pic hahaha
How the hell dose this still happen the weather has been so bad in the winters with wind ect. Ties ties ties use them
Liam Quinn and Darren Quinn
First job as we Wesley not gd
Down a touch Aidan Wyer!!!!!!!!
Kieran Whitfield did you put this up?
good luck cleaning that
GA mongs there every where! Lee Meades
Wouldn’t have happened in your day Ian U0001f61c
Aidan Wyer! U not using that level again!
I was running a job about 5 years ago and had the digger drag a load of rubble away to make it all flat cos was wanting to build a staircase out of tube and fitting,anyway my wife found a cheap last minute holiday to Greace so I pissed off for a week,when I came back the staircase still wasn’t built,was 5 scaffolders on that job all with part 2 tickets and not one of them knew how to build it,was a 20 foot ladder going up to the lift,was stunned.
Well said does my head in !!
Phily Kelly I don’t giveva bollix I’m not working late to fix that mess
John John Stanier Michael Grant
Mate my labourer has just come back with a part 2 ticket and he hasn’t got a clue how to scaffold on his own….and im not exaggerating!!!
Richie Dyke
QFS at it again ???
You’re asking for trouble when you don’t put ties into a job with sheeting, no matter how big or small. The charge hand of that gang won’t get much sleep tonight.
Earthquakes just bad timing to be putting up scaffold
Colin Court told you sprag it back !
Should of had a Compliance sheet. Not the Scaffolders decision what a job ends up like now days
You been working in Leicester Bob Matthews??
You can’t learn scaffold in a college only experience,all those little tricks you learn to make life easier and safer come from spending years watching your elders.
Is wrong Rab,it really is all wrong,should be timed served 5 years before even getting your hand on a ticket.
From Scotland now live in Australia. They give out advanced tickets after one 3week course here. U should see some of the scaffolds I’ve seen the lads attempt U0001f648
They wouldn’t let him after dropping that tube last week lol.
Hope you lads are all good
Adam Millward
No kicker lift cause it was a shop front……can’t see any plan bracing & it must of just had reveal ties, if any…….
No kicker lift legs folded plus no ties scaffolders from hell Mark Doherty lol
Beau Great-Rex
Ano mate poor job lucky the woman didn’t die
Too many of these about..
jesus christ! imagine being on that! Rob Jenkins
Got a basic on our site doesn’t even know the height of a handrail wtf
I know mate bad Isn’t it, asif they never put any ties in
Naughty that mate
Flat laps into windows are NOT Ties lok
Jonny Willoughby John Thomas Troy Craze
Not funny…
Dan Stephenson awful that like not a clue who ever put this up
Nigel Sutton been to Leicester lately mush
Hania Regni
Amateur
Is milky in Leicester
Peter Sattell Paddy Casey Fred Sunner
I’m sure Andy Clay they definitely will not be under cutting u again
Someone didnt do a method statement, risk assessment, wonder if its got a scaff tag…. Bet whoever signed that off is in deeeeeeep trouble, definately will have the HSE all over it
Am I the only one thinking Lee King should be a plumber lol
As Ian ‘Taffy’ Guy would say people that can & people that can’t!!
Kristjan Luiga
Jon Smith
Haha mate always got them tight. How’s things with u? All good I hope
No there’s too many firms in this town that’s why I wanted the rope to pull it over !!!
Luke Hampton Edwards ain’t one of your jobs is it
Shocking ay Ian ‘Taffy’ Guy when you can pick a sds drill & ties up for less than 400 quid U0001f601 no excuses!
Andy Clay do u think they forgot the Ties. .
Nice easy strike
Jason Sedge you been trying to put your own jobs up bah?
Jamie Hickman
Haven’t put a tower up lol – side mate
Was thinking urs n derick s lol not good that is it
Exactly,is all about numbers and that is so wrong,I saw people get passed on their part 1 when they should have never been let out the yard,they hear about all the money scaffs earn and want some of it but it really shouldn’t work like that,I was 5 years before I was allowed out on my own.
6.30 start my mate David Campling U0001f4aa
Mike Bryant
Looks more like your tower lol
Could agree more he said he’d never failed anyone because it would look bad on him….. passing everyone makes a sham of the good scaffs out there.
Dont worry about it pal make sure your not late in the morning busy day my mate
You can’t tie your laces pin head David Campling U0001f608
Bill Cousens one of yours??
Darren Harrison
Marcin Szendzielorz
Stewart Morrison.Think Allan A Maxwell built that!
Debris netting hung on the inside probably didn’t help.
Thats why you tie your jobs in Karl Boynton idiot
lee king just hit the nail on the head
Nathan Strange this your front you put up on dixy chicken today? Lol James Short Wayne Meds
Jake Flaherty
Terry Brownsword did u sign this off pal U0001f602U0001f602U0001f602U0001f602
20 ft 4 lifts?can’t see the ring bolts?4/5 ties would have prevented this.can’t believe companies still put street scaffolds up like this without ties.
Craig Alexander
Looking from the foams it looks some way to the first lift.? Illegal lift and weak especially when sheeted.
Questions to answer. One very lucky pedestrian 60 yr old lady ended up floored by it.
In Leic U0001f648
Paul Paul Flisher
Been a long time coming from them
I am willing to bet they had tickets too,tickets mean nothing and those scaffold course teachers should all be looked into because they pass anyone I saw with my own eyes how they gave part 1 to people who had absolute no clue what they were doing,I was stunned at what I saw on my course..
Haha no drilling required pal Davi Thompson
This one off yours karl Karl Ruddy
Haha Yanni Kilday U0001f602U0001f602U0001f602
Tie patterns lads ffs. Hope pedestrians were ok!
How on earth in the year 2015 did this even happen?.
Someone needs to learn how to use hilti ties….
Richard Tovey you weren’t in Leicester today was you?
Reece Walker John Skelton Jamie Howey at it again
sum cunts gtin the sack
Dear god too many cowboys out there. Hope injured are ok
hahaha Charlie Berner!
David Ward your day wasn’t this bad mate.
Someone is fuct
Ben Clarke
oh dear!!
Callan Marshall
wow….. we had some strong winds today but no excuse…
Pauly Lynch
Stevie Tomelty