Workers had not been given manual for platform which collapsed and killed dad and son

Workers had not been given manual for platform which collapsed and killed dad and son Tributes to father David Bottomley and son Clayton who died in an industrial accident in Liverpool. 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 Bottomley, 53, and his son Clayton, 17, were working on the Unity Building, on the corner of Chapel Street and Rumford Place, when the platform they were standing on suddenly dropped 14 storeys at 3.

30pm on May 19, 2021. 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.



An inquest investigation into the pair's deaths began on Monday, with the last pieces of evidence being put before the jury today, September 19. ‌ Dad and son died after platform plummeted 14 storeys in city centre READ MORE: Dad who repeatedly punched woman jailed and released on same day READ MORE: Unity Building workmen told Merseyside Police "the brakes had failed" on the..

. Wesley Holmes.