Man dies after dangling upside down from 290ft for more than 14 hours on Dixon’s Chimney in Carlisle

A Man who had been dangling upside down from a 290ft chimney for more than 14 hours has died, police have said. First responders scrambled to the chimney in Carlisle after the alarm was raised by locals at 2.20am. Footage emerged showing the man, who appeared not to be wearing a top, hanging by his legs from Dixon’s Chimney after witnesses reported hearing shouting and wailing.

Cumbria Police said the man, aged in his fifties, had died shortly before 5pm. A police spokesman said in a statement: “We can confirm that a man who was trapped at height on Dixon’s Chimney in Carlisle and later recovered during a multi-agency operation has been confirmed as deceased.

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Morsafe Limited is a small, progressive company established in 2005 that specialise in delivering quality safe systems training for working at heights, confined spaces and petroleum installations from basic awareness to more complex and detailed management training. We have developed a series of courses and programmes to enable individuals and companies to maintain compliance with statutory regulations and procedural requirements.

Training can be delivered at our venues based near Carlisle, Peterborough, York or London for individuals or groups attending open courses or client specific courses. Alternatively training can be delivered on your site and systems making for less disruption and a potentially more cost effective solution. Course and training programmes can be modified to suit your specific requirements.

 

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Morsafe can produce and develop your site specific safety rules and procedures and offer a independent authorising, auditing and monitoring duties to ensure legal standards and procedural compliance are being met with regards to your safe systems.  Morsafe Limited have worked with and developed training programmes and procedures for a variety of large Facilities Management Organisations and SNHS/NHS Trusts providing one-off packages or continued support in implementation, development, training and auditing.