Three days after hosting his 18th birthday party, the family of Sydney apprentice Christopher Cassaniti are planning his funeral. The formworker was crushed to death on Monday after scaffolding, 15 to 17 metres in height, collapsed on him and a co-worker at a construction site in Macquarie Park. Mr Cassaniti initially couldn't be accessed by paramedics and was pronounced dead at the scene a few hours after the incident. SafeWork NSW and police are now trying to work out why the scaffolding at the Lachlan's Line apartment complex collapsed. A spokesman for construction company Ganellen expressed sympathy to the family, colleagues and friends of the young man.

Source: Otago Daily Times April 01, 2019 19:29 UTC