David Bottomley, 53, and his son Clayton, 17, lost their lives in a fall
Builders working on a city centre construction project had not been provided with an operating manual for a climber platform which later collapsed, claiming the lives of a dad and son.
David, from West Yorkshire, was pronounced dead at the scene. Clayton was taken to Aintree Hospital in a critical condition, where he tragically died of his injuries four days later. The court previously heard there had been "four or five" identical mast climber lifts on the Unity Building site, all operated with three buttons - up, down and emergency stop. The masts were manufactured by a Chinese company trading under the name TDT, and had been installed by Adastra Access, which supplied the equipment, reports The Echo.
However, there was supposed to be another daily brake test which staff had not been made aware of. A TDT manual setting out instructions for testing the machine was produced before the court. Mr Shah said: "I have never seen that manual before."
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