The employers of a warehouse worker who died after the company violated health and safety laws admitted liability for the circumstances surrounding his fatal accident. In November 2015, Robert Ceremuga was instantly killed when a support rack holding 36 tonnes of food collapsed on him at the VF Coldstores Ltd warehouse in Finglas, Dublin. Robert …
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A claim that a carpenter has made for a saw injury that he sustained at work has been brought to the High Court after a dispute over liability. In April 2008, Anoni Jamroziewicz (52) was working as a carpenter on the construction of the Limerick Tunnel. Antoni-a Polish national living in Limerick-was about to cut …
A former distribution centre employee has received a settlement of compensation from his former employers for a back injury he sustained at his place of work. Salmovir Spes (47), was working at the Windcanton distribution centre in Blanchardstown, Dublin. Salmovir´s job at site was to manually lift or “pick” goods from pallets and load the …
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A concrete manufacturing company has been fined for grossly violating health and safety laws-designed to protect their employees-which resulted in the death of one of their workers. Yesterday, Kilsaran Concrete-a manufacturer of concrete products-was fined €125,000 after pleading guilty to a violation of health and safety legislation that resulted in a fatal accident of one …
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The Health and Safety Authority has released a report revealing that the number of construction workplace fatalities in Ireland in 2015 is up from the 2014 figure. The report revealed that in total fifty-five people in Ireland died from workplace related injuries in 2015-the same number as seen in 2014. The distribution of the fatalities …
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A manufacturing plant employee has received €46,000 in compensation for a back injury he sustained due to improper working conditions. In March 2012, Daniel Hanley (24) of Stoneybatter, Dublin, was in the employment of Castolin Eutectic, working in their manufacturing plant in the Magna Business Park. While he was pushing a pallet truck at the …
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The ESB has paid €70,000 in compensation to a young boy after an electrocution accident left him receiving burn treatments for three months. In July 2008, Kurt O’Callaghan (ten years old at the time of the incident) of Wexford was playing in a woodland near his home and making a camp with his friends. As …
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Ged Nash-the Minister for Business and Employment-launched the National Irish Safety Organisation’s ‘Safety Representative Resource Book’ at an event to mark Workers Memorial Day Ireland, and day to recognise and commemorate those injured, killed or made ill by the unsuitable working conditions. The event was attended by representatives of the National Irish Safety organisation, the …
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A £15,000 fine has been charged to a metal recycling plant operated by C F Booth Ltd by Rotherham Magistrates for an accident that was the consequence of serious health and safety failings. Ryan Jackson (25) of Rawmarsh, South Yorkshire was working in the plant in December 2013 when the accident occurred. Ryan had only …
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The scaffolding company Bowmer and Kirkland Ltd has been fined for injuries sustained to one of their workers as they were found negligent in ensuring his safety. In August 2013, James Whelan (31) was working for the scaffolding company Bowmer and Kirkland Ltd on a project to build an extension to a Sainsburys supermarket in …
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