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Customer finds Leeds worker impaled on railings - inquest
The incident scene.
A metal worker who is believed to have been killed after being impaled by railings at a Leeds firm was found injured by a customer, a Leeds inquest heard.
Hiyat Khan Akahil, 39, was found with a metal rod through his head at Ashton Metal Fabrications.
Mr Akahil, of Bayswater Crescent, Harehills, had been a casual worker at the firm for eight months, the inquest opening heard.
On February 11, Mr Akahil – a married man from Afghanistan – reported to work and was left alone by his employer at around 12 noon.
At the time, he was joining two pieces of metal fencing together and there was nobody else on the premises, the court heard.
A customer entered the firm on Ashton Road, Harehills, and found Mr Akahil lying injured. He was pronounced dead at Leeds General Infirmary.
Coroner David Hinchliff adjourned the inquest.
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