New figures show that there were 44 people killed in workplaces in 2016 in Ireland, representing a 21% reduction of the 56 reported in 2015, the Health and Safety Authority (HSA) has said. The number of deaths on farms remained high, with 21 reported in 2016, compared to 18 in 2015. Construction fatalities were down…
Read articleA manager at a plant hire firm has been jailed for two years over a crane collapse in Glasgow that killed one worker and seriously injured another. Donald Craig, 57, of Craig Services, was found guilty of health and safety breaches over the accident at Buchanan House, Port Dundas, on 20 June…
Read articleAt least one oil worker is dead, with another nine missing early on Thursday (Dec 15th), after an offshore oil rig operated by Azerbaijan’s state-run oil firm SOCAR collapsed, company officials have said. The accident was caused by 90mph winds, causing a 500-foot walkway and a cabin where workers go to rest to break off…
Read articleA building management company has been fined £120,000 after the death of a man who fell down a lift shaft. Craig Jones, 27, fell about five floors down the shaft after the lift broke down in Marsden House in Bolton town centre in August 2014. He had “lost his footing” after an item of clothing…
Read articleA man in his 80s has died in a farming accident, which occurred in Co Wexford on Monday morning, while another pensioner has also died following a separate incident at his workplace. The Wexford accident happened near Adamstown, New Ross on Monday and a spokesperson confirmed that Gardaí at Duncannon attended the scene of an…
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