Pop-up urinal death: Worker crushed by device 'dropping suddenly'

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Pop-up urinal death: Worker crushed by device 'dropping suddenly'
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There was a two-hour delay in sending a vehicle to lift the pop-up urinal that killed Kevin Holding.

A man died after he was crushed and trapped underneath a pop-up public urinal which "dropped quite suddenly" while he was working on the device.

CCTV captured the moment the Westminster City Council toilet fell, police told the inquest into his death. The contractor, who started work between 10:00 and 10:30, had been nearing the completion of work on the toilet when he became trapped just before 13:00.

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