7th August, Nottingham Evening Post reports window cleaner killed in 10ft fall this is what the article says
A Window cleaner died after falling 10tf on to a patio.
Bill Wilson suffered head injuries after the fall from the top of a bay window at a house in Ilkeston.
A neighbour raised the alarm after hearing the 58yr old calling for help. Paramedics took him to the Queens Medical Centre where he died during surgery.
Mr Wilsons wife, Terry says she fears she will never discover exactly why her husband fell.
The 54 yr old said "He has fallen four times before but it was nothing serious. He was careful and you could not work on certain days because of the weather.
"you can get into trouble by over reaching and upvc frames can be slippy. I think it was windy that day and that may have had something to do with it, but i dont think we will ever know.
"Bill was a lovely man who never had a bad word to say about anyone. He loved his family, hid diy and walking. The pair of us often walked in the Peak District and his favourite place was Chatsworth.
"It has been a very horrendous week for us, absolutely devastating"
Mr Wilson, who had run a weekly round in Ilkeston since 1991, fell at a house in Audley Close on Tuesday last week.
He was found by Sharon Cauldfield 45, who said " I went into the garden and could hear this voice saying 'help me help me' so i raced next door where i could see a man lying on his side.
" I called for a neighbour to call 999 and went round to see him. He was drifting in and out of consciousness"
Mrs Cauldfield, a supervisor at St Thomas Catholic School, Ilkeston, put a towel beside his bleeding head and stayed with him.
She said" It was later that day that i heard he had died."
Doctors at the QMC found he had a blood clot.
Mr Wilson, whose round was mainly on the Shipley View estate, was popular among customers for his reliability and diligence.
Margaret Fairline, 82 of Manners road said,"He was a lovely man, a very good window cleaner and a pleasant fellow. You knew he would always be here when he said unless the weather was bad. We would chat about his family and his holidays".
Hazel Straw 70, said " He did a very good job and it is very sad to hear this"
Mr Wilson lived in Hucknall and had four children, Ben 21, Ruth 27, Vikki 34 and another 36
He was fitter at Linby Colliery and started cleaning windows when the colliery closed. Ilkeston was his biggest round but he also worked in Eastwood, Hucknall and Sutton-in-Ahsfield.
The Health and Safety Executive said three people died in the East Midlands between 2001 and 2005 after falling from ladders. An inquest has opened into Mr Wilsons death.
Very tragic, my thoughs are with his family at this time
Brett
