An adolescent suffered life threatening accidents when he was crushed by a concrete pipe which fell on him at a brand new housing growth below development in Durham.
The 17-year-old was injured on the 368-homes Sniperley Park DH1 houses growth on Thursday afternoon.
The pressure mentioned his head and neck accidents have been “life-threatening” and he had been taken to the Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle.
The Bellway Houses web site is at present on the groundworks stage with Esh Group finishing up preparatory work.
Esh mentioned the incident concerned an worker of a subcontractor.
It instructed the BBC: “The complete firm is deeply saddened by this occasion, and communication and efforts to help the police and HSE have been ongoing from the outset and all through,” a spokesperson mentioned.
“At the beginning, our ideas are with the injured particular person, their household and associates, and we’ll proceed to help and supply assist the place applicable.”
A spokesperson for Bellway, mentioned: “We’re conscious of an incident at our DH1 growth involving a contractor working for the principal contractor.
“Our ideas are with the contractor, his household, associates and colleagues presently.”
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