A 12-year-old Western Australian boy has died after being injured in a sissor lift accident while volunteering on a Church construction site alongside his father.
Albert Sharpe was working with a group of men on an ‘informal’ job at Plymouth Brethren Church meeting hall in Northam, a rural town north east of Perth on November 25.
The group were erecting plasterboard at a construction on the corner of East Street and Frankish Street when the tragic accident occurred, WA Today reports.
Albert Sharpe, 12, (pictured) died after he was injured while volunteering on a Church construction site alongside his father
Albert was rushed to Northam Hospital about 11am before being airlifted to Royal Perth Hospital, where he died the following day.
WA Police have seized the sissor lift as part of its investigation but are not treating the incident as suspicious.
A spokesman from the church said the men had been wrapping up an uncomplicated job.
‘They were finishing up a simple task, putting sheets up and screwing it to the frame (when the accident occurred),’ James Bagshaw said.
![He was working with a group of men on an 'informal' job at Plymouth Brethren Church meeting hall in Northam, on the corner of East Street and Frankish Street (pictured)](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/12/06/22/470F5C3800000578-5153549-image-a-11_1512598424659.jpg)
He was working with a group of men on an ‘informal’ job at Plymouth Brethren Church meeting hall in Northam, on the corner of East Street and Frankish Street (pictured)
Specific details surrounding the incident will be revealed after a coroners investigation.
Worksafe, WA’s occupational health and safety regulator, revealed it had not yet decided if an investigation into the boy’s death was necessary.
The accident has had a widespread impact on the small community, according to Plymouth Brethren Church spokesman James Bagshaw.
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Albert was rushed to Northam Hospital about 11am before being airlifted to Royal Perth Hospital (pictured), where he died the following day
‘The loss is a tragedy for the family and the wider community and will affect the school in the days ahead,’ Mr Bagshaw said.
‘Staff and students at the Woodthorpe Cunderdin Campus will be offered counselling during this very difficult time.
‘Our thoughts and prayers are with the family involved. The school and the church community is providing support and assistance.’