A 33 year old man has died in an industrial accident in Co Wexford. Gardaí are investigating the incident, which occurred at Foulksmills, New Ross at around 12.30pm last Tuesday.…
Read articleThe Health and Safety Authority (The Authority) has been made aware of passenger lifts installed by Ellickson Engineering Ltd (no longer trading; currently in receivership since 2011) that are marked…
Read articleA father is fighting for life after both he and his 11-year-old son fell from a farming vehicle yesterday afternoon. The 47-year-old man was airlifted to Tallaght hospital after…
Read articleA scaffolding company has been up in court after a worker fractured his skull in a fall and lost his sight in one eye. Bristol Magistrates’ Court heard how an…
Read articlePolice have charged a man after a worker died following an incident on a Springfield Lakes construction site earlier this year. A 24-year-old Yarrabilba man, Neil Edward Norris, was on…
Read articleHealth and Safety report shows 45 people died in workplace incidents in 2016 Twenty people were killed in accidents on Irish farms last year, more than double the number of…
Read articleA Dorset based company has been fined £27,000 after a scaffold collapsed only narrowly missed a passer-by. Poole Magistrates’ Court heard how Swanage & Dorset Scaffolding & Roofing had been…
Read articleA Castlederg Sinn Féin councillor remains in hospital after suffering serious injuries in a workplace accident involving a forklift and metal cage. Kieran McGuire (40) from Aghyaran was transferred to…
Read articleMajor Rescue Operation to Recover Worker from Silo A Man has been rescued following a fall onto scaffolding at Irish Cement’s plant in Limerick. The worker, understood to be in…
Read articleAn amusement park ride broke apart on the opening day of the Ohio State Fair in the US, hurling people through the air, leaving one man dead and injuring seven…
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