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National Broadband Plan could bring 2,600 jobs to rural Ireland

Universal rural broadband connectivity in Ireland would generate 2,600 new direct and indirect jobs, Engineers Ireland has claimed. In its latest report – ‘The State of Ireland 2017 – A Review of Infrastructure in Ireland’ – Engineers Ireland also calls on the Irish Government to establish a single infrastructure unit to embrace fresh ideas on…

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UK : Firm fined £120k for ignoring HAVS

An engineering firm has been fined £120,000 after telling a welder to keep working despite complaining of sore hands from vibrating tools. Newfield Fabrications Co Ltd was prosecuted for failing to manage the risk of employees using hand held power tools experiencing hand-arm vibration syndrome (HAVS). Manchester and Salford Magistrates heard how Newfield Fabrications failed…

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Irishman in critical condition after workplace accident in Australia

An Irishman has sustained critical injuries following a fall at a construction site in Australia. The man fell several stories from scaffolding at a site in Surfers Paradise near Brisbane. Witnesses reportedly saw him fall about 20 metres (65 feet) before landing on concrete. He has been transported by ambulance to Gold Coast University Hospital.…

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UK : Botched lift spilled scaffold fittings

Two construction companies have been fined after a woman was struck by scaffolding fittings dropped from a crane. Weymouth Magistrates’ Court heard how employees of Carter Training Ltd were using a mobile crane in Queen Mothers Square, Poundbury, Dorchester when an attachment holding 500 scaffolding fittings was turned on its side. The fittings, weighing 2kg…

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Ireland : ‘Farmers need more help with difficult jobs to reduce farm accidents’

Farmers seeking more help for difficult jobs on the land may be key to reducing the numbers of accidents and deaths in the country’s most dangerous workplaces, experts have warned. The often solitary profession has seen 138 people killed in farm accidents over the past seven years – this makes farming the most lethal job…

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