ORR statement - Forth and Tay bridge incidents

28 January 2010

The Office of Rail Regulation (ORR) has been notified of two deaths involving construction workers in Scotland. The first, on the Forth rail bridge, involved a fall last night. This morning, at a separate site on the Tay bridge, a second worker has died.

ORR Director of Railway Safety, Ian Prosser, said: "Our thoughts are with the families of the two men involved in these separate tragic events. Our inspectors have launched an investigation into the Forth bridge accident and we are awaiting further details about the Tay bridge incident. We expect to investigate both to find out exactly what happened and quickly identify whether more should be done to prevent other deaths or injuries.”

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