A window cleaner found lying on the ground after slipping off his ladder died from a blood clot in the brain, a Telford inquest heard.A CT scan at the North Staffordshire Royal Infirmary in Stoke-on-Trent revealed there had been no chance of saving 58-year-old Ken Morris, of Sytch Lane, Waters Upton.

After hearing medical and identification evidence, Telford & Wrekin coroner Mr Michael Gwynne adjourned the inquest for 10 weeks. He said this would enable experts from the Health & Safety Executive to investigate what happened.

Coroner’s officer Claire Edwards said police and paramedics were alerted on Wednesday morning last week that a man had fallen from a ladder in Waters Upton.

Mr Morris was taken to the specialist neurosurgery unit in Stoke-on-Trent, where a scan showed a blood clot in his brain. Mrs Edwards said: “No surgical intervention was deemed appropriate due to the severity of the head injury and he was confirmed dead at 7.20pm that day.”

A post-mortem by consultant pathologist Professor Archibald Malcolm found the cause of death was haematoma (blood clot) due to a fall.

Mr Morris, a keen car grasstrack racer and dominoes player, leaves a widow Carol, 55, and children Charlotte, 27, and 22-year-old Mathew.

Born at Cross Houses, near Shrewsbury, Mr Morris worked for many years at the Glynwed foundry in Ketley before being made redundant and turning to window cleaning eight years ago.

He was found unconscious by teenagers Lee Dorrell and Katy Baker in the cul-de-sac behind Waters Upton Post Office and Stores at about 10.30am.