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09/08/2006
Man killed in Cornwall dockyard accident
A man has died after being injured in an accident at a dockyard in Cornwall.
Police and an ambulance crew were called to Queen's Wharf at Falmouth around 9:45am on Wednesday morning, following reports that an employee had sustained a fatal injury.
When they arrived at the scene, a male employee of A and P Falmouth was found injured. He was declared dead at the scene.
The man is understood to be a local Falmouth man, aged 51. He has not been named.
The accident is understood to have happened during the movement of a piece of heavy equipment being lifted on to the deck of RFA vessel Mounts Bay.
Further enquiries into the circumstances are continuing jointly with the police and health and safety executive.
(KMcA/SP)
Police and an ambulance crew were called to Queen's Wharf at Falmouth around 9:45am on Wednesday morning, following reports that an employee had sustained a fatal injury.
When they arrived at the scene, a male employee of A and P Falmouth was found injured. He was declared dead at the scene.
The man is understood to be a local Falmouth man, aged 51. He has not been named.
The accident is understood to have happened during the movement of a piece of heavy equipment being lifted on to the deck of RFA vessel Mounts Bay.
Further enquiries into the circumstances are continuing jointly with the police and health and safety executive.
(KMcA/SP)
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