Worker killed in warehouse horror

TRAGIC . . . a warehouse worker was crushed to death

THE circumstances leading to a worker being crushed to death in a tragic accident at a Chadderton warehouse remain a mystery.

Police were told on Friday morning that a member of staff at R Tindall Fabricators Ltd, believed to be in his 50s, had been crushed to death by falling pipes. It isn’t yet known how the pipes came to fall.

The Hargreaves Street-based company, which specialises in sprinkler pipework and general engineering, declined to comment.

The Health and Safety Executive is investigating