Steeplejack dies after 60 metre church fall

A specialist construction company has been fined £60,000 after a worker fell to his death from a church steeple in Birmingham.
David Clover was employed by Ecclesiastical Steeplejacks Ltd to carry out restoration work to St Nicholas’ Church in Kings Norton on 13 November 2020.
The 64-year-old steeplejack had been suspended from the 60 metre tall steeple of the Grade 1 listed building, sitting in a ‘bosun’s chair’ – a work positioning seat – when he fell,