{"id":28703,"date":"2025-01-22T12:32:30","date_gmt":"2025-01-22T20:32:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/steeplejack-dies-after-60-metre-church-fall\/"},"modified":"2025-01-22T12:32:30","modified_gmt":"2025-01-22T20:32:30","slug":"steeplejack-dies-after-60-metre-church-fall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/steeplejack-dies-after-60-metre-church-fall\/","title":{"rendered":"Steeplejack dies after 60 metre church fall"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-494144\">\n\t<!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>David Clover was employed by Ecclesiastical Steeplejacks Ltd to carry out restoration work to St Nicholas\u2019 Church in Kings Norton on 13 November 2020.<\/p>\n<p>The 64-year-old steeplejack had been suspended from the 60 metre tall steeple of the Grade 1 listed building, sitting in a \u2018bosun\u2019s chair\u2019 \u2013 a work positioning seat \u2013 when he fell, suffering fatal injuries.<\/p>\n<p>An HSE investigation found that the bosun\u2019s chair was not supported by a suitable backup system preventing falls, such as, a double or twin leg lanyard fall arrest harness.<\/p>\n<p>Ecclesiastical Steeplejacks Ltd, which has ceased trading since the incident, pleaded guilty to safety breaches and\u00a0 was fined \u00a360,000 at a hearing at Birmingham Magistrates\u2019 Court.<\/p>\n<p>In passing sentence, Judge Quereshi found the company had outdated attitudes to managing health and safety.<\/p>\n<p>After the hearing, HSE inspector Emma Page said: \u201cFalls from height remain one of the leading causes of work-related deaths and injury in Great Britain.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will take action against companies that fail to protect workers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur thoughts remain with the family of David Clover.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<footer class=\"entry-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-info\">\n<div class=\"sleeve\">\n<div class=\"author-avatar\">\n<div class=\"sleeve\">\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/userphoto\/3.jpg\" alt=\"Grant Prior\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"photo\">\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- .author-info -->\t\t\t<\/footer>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/2025\/01\/22\/steeplejack-dies-after-60-metre-church-fall\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This article was originally posted at Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] David Clover was employed by Ecclesiastical Steeplejacks Ltd to carry out restoration work to St Nicholas\u2019 Church in Kings &#8230; <a title=\"Steeplejack dies after 60 metre church fall\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/steeplejack-dies-after-60-metre-church-fall\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Steeplejack dies after 60 metre church fall\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1089],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28703","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-construction-enquirer","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-33"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28703","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28703"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28703\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}