HSE advises caution over fatal Battersea crane accident

2006-09-29T00:00:00

A 165 ft crane collapsed onto a block of flats being built by Barratt in Battersea, south-west London, killing two people. One was the crane operator, as yet unnamed, and the other was Michael Alexa, a bus driver.

Steven Williams, the chief inspector of the Health and Safety Executive, said that people should not jump to conclusions about the cause of the crane collapse in south-west London this week.

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