Man stuck up 270ft chimney. RIP

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There is no permanent ladder up the side of that chimney. They install as they go when doing maintenance. I wonder what it was doing there, there is no obvious sign of any maintenance being carried out.
 
EverBlue86 said:
Would you say the same if it was your dad, brother or son who perhaps had mental illness/depression?

I know what you are saying mate and I often think the same but I would be furious if the emergency services left a family member of mine to die
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They haven't left him to die though. They have been unable to rescue him in time in a safe way.
There's a canny difference.
 
The Resource said:
There is no permanent ladder up the side of that chimney. They install as they go when doing maintenance. I wonder what it was doing there, there is no obvious sign of any maintenance being carried out.
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Whoever owns that chimney is responsible in preventing unauthorised access to it.

Was every reasonable precaution made to prevent access ? If so then this chap has somehow managed to breach those barriers in a desperate attempt to scale the chimney.
 
PNEFC111 said:
Whoever owns that chimney is responsible in preventing unauthorised access to it.

Was every reasonable precaution made to prevent access ? If so then this chap has somehow managed to breach those barriers in a desperate attempt to scale the chimney.
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The police have opened an investigation...
 
Thackeray said:
I had a read around this earlier, you can die just from being inverted for so long.
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Suspension Trauma mate. Even if you’re working at height, slip and your harness saves you from the fall, you only have so long to be rescued before Suspension Trauma kicks in. I’d imagine being inverted adds another element to it.
 
PNEFC111 said:
Whoever owns that chimney is responsible in preventing unauthorised access to it.

Was every reasonable precaution made to prevent access ? If so then this chap has somehow managed to breach those barriers in a desperate attempt to scale the chimney.
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Why do people have to find blame somewhere else?! It's like the head out the train window stories recently.

It's his fault for climbing up there, as sad as the outcome was.
 
PNEFC111 said:
Whoever owns that chimney is responsible in preventing unauthorised access to it.

Was every reasonable precaution made to prevent access ? If so then this chap has somehow managed to breach those barriers in a desperate attempt to scale the chimney.
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some these old towers/building's these youtubers(if he's A UTUBER/copying youtube/drunk ) explorer are in no fit state and haven't been maintained for years and these ladders etc have been left to the weather, seen 1 lad climb tower with no ladder just metal pegs where ladder had been and he's high up and testing each peg to see if still safe after years SOD THAT.

some have security on but they use drones to get past gaurds
 
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Norwich Red n White said:
Why do people have to find blame somewhere else?! It's like the head out the train window stories recently.

It's his fault for climbing up there, as sad as the outcome was.
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I agree pal - but it’s a different world we live in.

We had building site - fully up to secure standards , signage the lot.

A teenage lass managed to get in , climbing on some scaffolding slipped and broke her arm.

She successfully sued the contractor who was also charged by HSE for breach of health and safety.

So despite doing everything to standards the authorities found that the contractor was negligent because she managed to get in.

No mention whatsoever about the responsibility of the girl - in fact she was portrayed as very much the victim.
 
PNEFC111 said:
I agree pal - but it’s a different world we live in.

We had building site - fully up to secure standards , signage the lot.

A teenage lass managed to get in , climbing on some scaffolding slipped and broke her arm.

She successfully sued the contractor who was also charged by HSE for breach of health and safety.

So despite doing everything to standards the authorities found that the contractor was negligent because she managed to get in.

No mention whatsoever about the responsibility of the girl - in fact she was portrayed as very much the victim.
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I worked on a case involving a school kid who used to get high off fire extinguishers. The time he died from it was after he'd broken into a bus depot (12 foot walls topped with razor wire), so his family sued London Transport.

Ended up in court with his family's lawyers arguing that all fire extinguishers should be kept under lock and frigging key 24/7.
 
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