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A man died after a fall on property in Sydenham in Christchurch, a building used by the Sara Anderson School of Dance.
A man who died after falling while painting the roof of a building in Christchurch was a “fantastic worker, great friend, husband and father,” said his business partner of 12 years.
Emergency services were called to a business on the corner of Wordsworth St and Orbell St in Sydenham around 11.10 a.m. Thursday.
A police spokeswoman confirmed the death was due to a fall and said WorkSafe had been notified.
The man’s business partner said Stuff the victim had blasted the building in recent days and had almost finished painting at the time of the incident.
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The business partner was at another job when a colleague at the scene called him while others were trying to resurrect the man to tell him what had happened.
“We are all very particular about health and safety, [he] deemed the job safe to continue. The whole scenario of all this just doesn’t make sense, ”said the business partner.
“He’s very particular about what he does.”
The two men last spoke two days ago.
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The man was painting the roof of the building when he fell.
“It was as good as gold. We talked about the jobs ahead, we planned our next couple of days, and we would have hit base again today at some point, but unfortunately that didn’t happen. “
The business partner said the man was “very confident and capable” and that if he thought a job was unsafe, he would not have done it.
“He was a fantastic worker, a great friend, husband and father. In a way, it met all the requirements. “
An investigation into the man’s death is underway, a police spokeswoman said.
The building where the fall occurred is leased by the Sara Anderson School of Dance.
Anderson said Stuff she was not on site at the time of fall and that the dance school was not involved and had not “performed” on any work done in the building.
