Article: Death fall foreman 'not wearing safety harness'

A joiner who died after he fell 10ft at a building site was not wearing a safety harness when the accident occurred, an inquest was told.Belfast Coroner's Court heard that Aidan James McAvoy (38), was the foreman at a development of nine timber framed houses at Kesh Road, Maze, when he fell through a hole in the floor of the first storey of one of the houses on May 14, 2003.The married father-of- four from Church Drive in Loughbrickland sustained serious head injuries and died at the Royal Victoria Hospital two days later.Speaking at the inquest, Jason Law, who was working with Mr McAvoy on May 14, described the moment when his former colleague fell through the gap left for a chimney breast ...

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