An investigation has been launched into a man’s death in a workplace accident after a wall reportedly collapsed during a Manchester house renovation.
Police, paramedics and the fire service were called to a property near Fallowfield just before 3pm on Saturday, and an air ambulance also attended. But the man, in his 40s, died at the scene.
Greater Manchester police said officers were called to reports “of concerns for welfare of a man at an address on Lloyd Street, Manchester”. The force added: “It was established that a man in his 40s was involved in a workplace accident and despite the best efforts of emergency services, he was sadly pronounced dead at the scene.”
Police inquiries are under way. A spokesperson for the Health and Safety Executive told the PA news agency that it had been notified and was liaising with the police, saying: “We are making initial inquiries to make sure it is an incident that we have the remit to investigate.”
A report from the Manchester Evening News said a Lloyd Street South resident heard someone knocking on doors and shouting for help, suspecting him to be a colleague of the injured man.
“We had a knock at the door and I told my daughter to go out, a man was shouting for help saying a man was hurt,” the neighbour said. They added that the work had been going on for weeks, and that they were “shocked” and “very upset” that a man had died.
