27.03.2006

Man dies while helping load platform

A rail worker was killed last week after being crushed under an aerial work platform that was being loaded onto a trailer. The lift had broken down and was being recovered. Neil Martin, 47, was helping to load the lift, when it slipped off the bed or the ramps of the low loader, pinning him underneath it.

The incident occurred at 4:00 in the morning, while still dark, in Carlton road outside of Waverley Station, Edinburgh. The station is currently undergoing a £150 million redevelopment. Martin was employed by Border Rail, a sub-contractor to AMEC, which is involved in building new platforms at the station.

Martin, from Nazeing in Essex, suffered multiple injuries and was taken to Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, where he died shortly afterwards. The Health and Safety Executive is carrying out an investigation.