A CONSTRUCTION worker was crushed to death and another seriously injured when scaffolding collapsed at the National Stadium building site in Wembley Park on Thursday last week.

The dead man was named yesterday (Wednesday) as Patrick Sullivan, 54, from West Ealing. He was pronounced dead by an ambulance crew called to the stadium at 8.40am.

His colleague, who has not been named, was taken to the Central Middlesex Hospital in Park Royal, where a spokesman confirmed that he was still being treated for serious leg injuries, but was in a stable condition.

It is believed that a raised platform collapsed without warning and fell about 100 feet onto the workmen. The Health and Safety Executive was informed, and the site was closed for the rest of the day, but reopened as usual on Friday.

Multiplex Construction UK, the company responsible for the design and building of the new stadium, said: "Our immediate concern is for both men involved and their families, and we have launched an urgent investigation. But it is far too early to determine precisely what occurred.

"Safety and security procedures are paramount on our construction sites and the welfare of workers will never be compromised.

"We are working and co-operating fully with the Health and Safety Inspectorate in its own investigation into this incident. Both will determine precisely what happened."

The Transport and General Workers' Union, which has been campaigning for improved safety on construction sites, said that both men were its members.

Bob Blackman, the union's national secretary for construction, said that it would co-operate fully with the investigation.

"We are deeply saddened by the news. Our thoughts and sympathies are with the worker's family, friends and colleagues," he said.