A man died after being "crushed" on a new housing development where he was delivering building supplies, an inquest has heard.

Nigel Williamson, 60, died at the Kneeton Grove housing development in East Bridgford, on 13 August last year, while working as a delivery driver for KRM Building Supplies.

Nottingham Coroners' Court heard on Monday how Williamson was found lying on the flatbed of a crane-mounted lorry in pain before he suffered a cardiac arrest.

The jury was told that Williamson had been employed by KRM Building Supplies for about two and half weeks at the time and that a supervisor, who would ordinarily have been with him for a six-week period, was on leave with no replacement.

Earlier on the same day, at about 07:00 BST, Williamson made a delivery to the home of Adam Reville, a director of Truck Loads - the company that supplies and services cranes to KRM Building supplies.

In his evidence, Reville said he noticed Williamson had not pressed an emergency stop button, which would have stopped the crane from moving while he was preparing items to be unloaded.

The inquest heard the crane then made an "unwanted movement", prompting Reville to shout at Williamson.

"It could have been a lot different. This is when I said to Nigel, 'continue to operate that way and you will end up killing yourself'," Reville said.

He said Williamson did not respond to his shout but added that, for the remainder of the delivery, Williamson was "very competent".

The inquest heard Williamson arrived at the Peveril Homes housing development in East Bridgford to deliver bags of gravel at about 15:00.

Giving evidence, Simon Green, a forklift driver who was working on the site, said he directed Williamson where he needed to go.

He added he was flagged down by another colleague shortly after due to an incident involving Williamson.

Green said: "I went to his lorry and I asked him if he was alright and he said he was crushed.

"He was on the back of the flatbed, laying down. He was moving and I kept telling him to stay still.

"He kept saying 'crushed, crane'," Green said.

Green told the inquest that his colleague, who had called 999, was initially told the wait for an ambulance would be two hours.

"[My colleague] shouted 'hurry up, you need to get here quicker'," he added.

The inquest heard an ambulance arrived shortly after workers on the site began performing CPR on Williamson, who had suffered a cardiac arrest.

Forensic pathologist Dr Stuart Hamilton, who examined Williamson following his death, told the jury he had "significant" injuries to his pelvic area and lower abdomen.

Hamilton said Williamson's injuries were consistent with being crushed.

The inquest heard Williamson had previously suffered a heart attack and was fitted with a stent.

Hamilton concluded that in his opinion, Williamson's pelvic injuries led to his cardiac arrest, while his heart problems "contributed" to his death.

He added the severity of Williamson's heart health would not have caused the cardiac arrest, and that the severity of his pelvic injuries alone would not have caused his immediate death.

The inquest continues.

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