Major 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 his late 30s, is believed to have fallen around two metres from a ladder onto scaffolding while working on a large silo at the plant…
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 other people. Three of the injured were in a critical condition, authorities said. “The fair is about the best things in life and tonight with…
Read articleMore than a dozen passengers were escorted off the Oblivion rollercoaster at its highest point on Tuesday because of a “technical fault”. The incident at the Staffordshire theme park happened one month after a similar stoppage on the nearby Smiler rollercoaster, on which four people were badly injured in a crash two years ago. Staff…
Read articleFailure to maintain a storage tank has cost Yorkshire Water a £600,000 fine for a sewage leak. Yorkshire Water was prosecuted for polluting a Staithes watercourse with sewage that had leaked out from a poorly-maintained storage tank. The company was sentenced on 13th July at Leeds Crown Court, after admitting one charge of causing a…
Read articleA Galway company has been fined a total of €22,500 after pleading guilty to breaches of health and safety regulations, following the death of an employee in 2015. Forde Dismantlers Limited is based in Corrandulla, Co Galway. The charge against the firm was brought after an investigation by the Health and Safety Authority into the…
Read articleSpanish authorities say 33 people, including six children under 10 years old, have been injured in a roller coaster collision in Madrid. Emergency services say that 27 people needed hospital treatment for minor injuries when two roller coaster cars collided on Sunday on the Tren de la Mina at Madrid’s Parque de Atracciones theme park.…
Read articleAn 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…
Read articleAn 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.…
Read articleFatal farm accidents have made up 50% of all workplace accidents so far this year, according to the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed. This is despite farming accounting for just 6% of the entire workforce, Creed said, adding: “Farm safety is a critical issue facing farming today. Statistics show that accidents…
Read articleTwo London based construction contractors have been ordered to pay more than £200,000 in fines and costs after a worker fell three metres when a scaffold board broke. Sager Construction Ltd and Shaun Dixon Services Ltd (SDSL) were prosecuted after the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) discovered the poor condition of the scaffold boards being…
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